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115:. However, a relict need not be currently living. An evolutionary relict is any organism that was characteristic of the flora or fauna of one age and that persisted into a later age, with the later age being characterized by newly evolved flora or fauna significantly different from those that came before.
374:, also very localized in central Africa. These two species are the only known members of the subfamily Pseudochelidoninae, and their widely disjunct populations suggest they are relict populations of a more common and widespread ancestor. Known to science only since 1968, it seems to have disappeared.
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of narrowly endemic, critically endangered species that are already (or soon expected) to experience climate change beyond their levels of tolerance. Two examples of critically endangered relict species for which assisted migration projects are already underway are the
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a genus of beetle with a fossil record extending back over 200 million years to the Late
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So-called "relics of cultivation" are plant species that were grown in the past for various purposes (medicinal, food, dyes, etc.), but are no longer utilized. They are naturalized and can be found at archaeological sites.
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epoch. If that was the case, the specimen would represent, not the main population, but a last surviving remnant of the nimravid lineage. These carnivores were common and widespread in the previous epoch, the
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and woodlands were replaced by savanna. They persisted in Europe in the last remaining forests as a relict of the
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freshwater lake complex. Nowadays the population has less than 400 individuals, which poses a threat to its survival.
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271:that is restricted to China in the wild.
74:A relict (or relic) plant or animal is a
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557:After the Dinosaurs: The Age of Mammals
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385:. Such situations can serve as
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485:Missouri Botanical Garden
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143:A notable example is the
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