relict

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Either the tiny relict population had winked out, or the original sightings had been in error.

From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2021

"Its living flora, with the highest concentration of primitive, archaic and relict taxa known, is the closest modern-day counterpart for Gondwanan forests," says the UN body.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2021

“Ecologically they are just a relict on the island. Moose are skyrocketing and we are seeing changes to the plant community.”

From Nature • Dec. 19, 2016

Given that this clade includes crocodiles from Mauritania and is stated several times in their study to include the relict populations of the Sahara, this clade is either synonymous with, or includes, C. suchus.

From Scientific American • Mar. 13, 2013

Those relict Negritos of Southeast Asia may be the last survivors of the source population from which New Guinea was colonized.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond