1. native to or restricted to a particular place or region
Usage: biology; ecology
2. regularly found and very common in a particular area or among a particular group

Examples

• The kangaroo is endemic to Australia.
• Madagascar has many endemic species found nowhere else on Earth.
• Corruption was endemic in the government system.
• Poverty remains endemic in certain regions of the country.
• The disease is endemic to tropical areas.
• These endemic plants have adapted to the desert climate over millions of years.