Biology, asked by tofy, 1 year ago

name at least 10 endemic plants and animals. (also give where they live)

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Answered by Nakulgoel
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PLANTS

1. Western Prairie Fringed Orchid
= Platanthera praeclara only exists in five U.S. states in the Midwest.
2. Rafflesia Flower
=  Rafflesia arnoldii is thought to be the largest flower on the planet. 

3. Georgia Aster
=  Symphyotrichum georgianum is native to southeastern United States. 

4. Wiggin's Acalypha
   =Acalypha wigginsii is native to a tiny part of the Galapagos Islands. 


5. Texas Wild Rice
=Zizania texana according to the Center of Plant Conservation.

6. Howell's Spectacular Thelypody
=Thelypodium howellii ssp. spectabilis only has five populations remaining, all of them in Oregon's northeast. 

7. Stenogyne Kanehoana
=Growing only in the Waianae Mountains of the island of Oahu, the stegyne kanehoana has dense, furry leaves. 

8. Ouachita Mountain Goldenrod
= It live in three counties along the border of Arkansas and Oklahoma. It prefers to live in a cool moist climate, like the crests of Ouachita Mountains.

9. Enrubio
= This planet is in the Solanum drymophilum left.

10. Arizona Agave
=The New River Mountains and Sierra Anchas Mountains are thought to be the only habitats of this rare specimen by the Center of Plant Conservationpygmaeus)als

ANIMALS

10)giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
=China, which is home to the remaining wild population

9)tiger (Panthera tigris)
=William Blake’s “forests of the night,” the stalking grounds of the six subspecies of tiger, are burning bright.

8)whooping crane (Grus americana)
= The only self-sustaining population migrates between Alberta, Canada, and Texas, U.S.

7)blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
=There are fewer than 25,000 blue whales, the largest animals on the planet. Comprising several subspecies, blue whales are found in all of the world’s oceans save the Arctic.

6)Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
= The burgeoning human population there—and elsewhere in Asia—creates conflicts for space and resources. And while the tusks of Asian elephants are much smaller than those of their African counterparts, the Asian species is still poached for its ivory, meat, and skin.

5)sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
=The luxurious waterproof coat that insulates sea otters from the chilly waters that they inhabit almost led to its extinction.

4)snow leopard (Panthera uncia)
=Though it’s called a leopard—and certainly resembles a frosted version of those spotted habitués of more equatorial regions—the snow leopard is actually more closely related to the tiger, at least per genetic analysis. The largest populations are in China and Mongolia, with significant populations in India and Kyrgyzstan as well.

3)gorilla (Gorilla beringeiandGorilla gorilla)
=Depending on who you ask, there are either two species of gorilla, the eastern and western, or three subspecies, the eastern lowland, western lowland, and mountain gorillas.

2)Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)
= It continues to decimate populations of the species, which only occurs on the Australian island of Tasmania.

1)orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus
=“Orangutan” is Malaysian for “person of the forest.”

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