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  • Many other non-endemic genera are highly speciose; the frog genus Eleutherodactylus has more than 330 species, of which more than 250 are restricted to the hotspot.

    Biological diversity in the Tropical Andes 2009

  • Some of the non-endemic birds include the boobies, storm petrels, frigatebirds, and terns.

    Galápagos Islands xeric scrub 2007

  • Content Adjacency Matters: Although we would occasionally try to bring in non-endemic advertisers, PC Week was about corporate computing technology - and almost every advertiser we had built computing hardware, software or services.

    Seven Strategies to Profit from "Free" - Jim Louderback - MediaBizBlogger 2009

  • Three hundred and twenty-six species of birds have been recorded, these may be categorized into 4 groups subalpine zone species; endemic montane species; non-endemic montane species and lowland species.

    Kinabalu Park, Malaysia 2008

  • It is likely that non-endemic geckos and skinks were introduced with freight.

    Sao Tome and Principe moist lowland forests 2008

  • While there are no spectacular mammals found only in this ecoregion, there are some interesting non-endemic species present.

    Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic 2008

  • Medicinal plant use is almost exclusively concerned with non-endemic species, and limited hunting activity is restricted to the introduced primate Cercopithecus mona, feral pigs, and the common non-endemic bat species Eidolon helvum.

    Sao Tome and Principe moist lowland forests 2008

  • Many species are threatened or have restricted distribution on the island; there is only one known plant of non-endemic Pandanus pedunculatus, and Chionochloa conspicua ssp. nov.

    Lord Howe Island Group, Australia 2008

  • There are also four insectivore non-endemic species of bats (Thyroptera discifera, Myotis keaysi, Molossus bondae, and Tadarida aurispinosa) that are found in other neotropical regions excluding Venezuela.

    Cordillera La Costa montane forests 2007

  • Other non-endemic bird distributed along the western region of the Cordillera, such as the harpy eagle (Harpia harpia) and the military macaw (Ara militaris), are considered vulnerable at national level.

    Cordillera La Costa montane forests 2007

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