I was curious, so I decided to compile a lists of endemic species of PZ, found in only one country or isolated region (EG, the Lesser Antilles).
List: Endemic Species
Notes:
List: Endemic Species
| Species | Range |
|---|---|
| Black-And-White Ruffed Lemur, Red-Ruffed Lemur, Ring-Tailed Lemur | Madagascar |
| Nile Lechwe* | Sudan (Also rare but present in one Ethiopian national park) |
| Okapi* | Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly: Uganda?) |
| Bornean Orangutan, Proboscis Monkey (Borneo), Komodo Dragon (Komodo), Northern Sulawesi Babirusa (Sulawesi), Giant Malaysian Leaf Insect (Malaysia) | Indonesian Islands (Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei) |
| Formosan Black Bear | Taiwan |
| Giant Panda | China |
| Japanese Macaque | Japan |
| Red Kangaroo, Dingo, Koala, Common Death Adder, Eastern Blue-Tongued Lizard, Giant Burrowing Cockroach, Platypus | Australia |
| Brazilian Salmon Pink Tarantula | Brazil |
| Galapagos Giant Tortoise | Galapagos Islands (Ecuador) |
| Golden Poison Frog, Lehmann's Poison Frog | Colombia |
| American Alligator, Diamondback Terrapin | United States |
| Arctic Wolf* | Queen Elizabeth Islands, Greenland (Canada, Greenland) |
| Mexican Red-Kneed Tarantula | Mexico |
| Aldabra Giant Tortoise | Aldabra Atoll (Seychelles) |
| Lesser Antillean Iguana | Lesser Antilles (Several Countries + Non-Sovereign States) |
- Animals almost included on this list which didn't make the cut include:
- African Penguin (South Africa, Namibia)
- Giant Forest Scorpion (India, Sri Lanka)
- Gharial (India, Bangladesh, Nepal)
- Southern Cassowary (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia)
- Eastern Brown Snake (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia)
- Colombian White-Faced Capuchin (Colombia, Ecuador, Panama)
- Dall Sheep (Alaska/United States, Canada)
- In total, there are 30 endemic species in Planet Zoo by this reckoning; of these, 7 (a whopping 23%) are from Australia, and another 5 (16%) are from the Indonesian islands. In fact, 46% of the endemic species of Planet Zoo are not found on the mainland of their native continent.
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