biodiversity (bio + diversity) - the variety of all living things and their interactions, biodiversity hotspot - a region with a variety of plant and animal life, CITES - an acronym that stands for Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, endangered species - a type of animal or plant that is seriously at risk of extinction, endangered species act - the primary law in the United States for protecting and conserving imperiled species., endemic - native and restricted to a certain place, extinction - the process of a particular thing ceasing to exist, exterpation - the termination of a species in one geographic area, though it still exists elsewhere., invasive species - an organism introduced to an environment that becomes overpopulated and harms its new environment, threatened species - organisms (including animals, plants and fungi) which are vulnerable to extinction in the near future,

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