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The eastern long-beaked echidna, shown above, is an egg-laying mammal found only in New Guinea. Which of the following terms describes an organism such as the echidna that is found in one place and nowhere else in the world?
Conserved
Endangered
Threatened
Endemic
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Endemic.
"Endemic" means native to and restricted to a particular geographic area. (Conserved = protected, endangered = at risk of extinction, threatened = likely to become endangered.)
"Endemic" means native to and restricted to a particular geographic area. (Conserved = protected, endangered = at risk of extinction, threatened = likely to become endangered.)
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