endemic
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Santa Rosa Island is also home to a lizard species found on three of the Channel Islands, a spotted skunk endemic to two Channel Islands, a unique island fox subspecies and several uncommon birds.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Hantavirus spreads from the urine, faeces and saliva of infected rodents and is endemic in Argentina, where the MV Hondius set sail on April 1 for a cruise across the Atlantic Ocean to Cape Verde.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
That outbreak took place in Epuyén, a village in southwestern Argentina that’s close to the border with Chile, where the Andes virus is also endemic.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
The Andes virus, a strain of the disease that’s endemic to Argentina, similarly passes from the exposure of wild rodent particles.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
There were two or three varieties, but each subtype was markedly distinct, and each was endemic to one particular island.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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