endemic

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
endemic /ɛnˈdɛmɪk/

▶adjective

• 1 (of a disease or condition) regularly found among particular people or in a certain area.

• 2 (of a plant or animal) native or restricted to a certain area.

▶noun an endemic plant or animal.

– derivatives
endemically adverb,
endemicity /ˌɛndɪˈmɪsɪti/ noun,
endemism /ˈɛndɪmɪz(ə)m/ noun.

– origin C17: from Fr. endémique or mod. L. endemicus, from Gk endēmios ‘native’.