Endemic Species

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Endemic Species

• Species found nowhere else on earth
• Evolved enough from their ancestors to become a
  new species
• or
• Their ancestors died out everywhere else

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Birds

• Hawaiian Goose
• Related to Canada Goose
• State Bird of Hawaii
• Palila
• Found only on the big island from 6500-9000 ft.
  on Mauna Kea

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Snails

• Over 1,000 different types of snails have been
  documented in Hawaii
• Now 50-70 are extinct
• Oahu Tree Snail
• Extremely rare
• Quickly disappearing
• from the forests of Oahu

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Mammals

• Only two endemic mammals
• Hawaiian Hoary Bat
• Live mostly on Hawaii and Kauai
• Hawaiian Monk Seal
• Found mostly in
• northwestern islands
• Have begun to migrate
• to main islands

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Fish

• 20 of the fish species around Hawaii are endemic
• Mostly found around the older islands
• Pearl Hermes Reef, Midway Atoll, and Kure Atoll

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Plants

• 90 of the 1100 native plant species are endemic
• 92 of the 1100 are now
• extinct
• Silversword
• About 30 different species
• Found in most Hawaiian
• habitats
• Blooms once, then dies

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Endangered Species

• Hawaii has more endangered species than any other
  state in the Union 317