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An extremely rare species of tree found only on remote mountain slopes in China. Its closest relatives are two gigantic conifers found only on the west coast of the US
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Dawn Redwood
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A family of closely related marsupials found only in the Americas, far from Australia
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Opossums
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A single marsupial species in South America which is closer related to Australian marsupials than the above family
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Monito del Monte
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Seal species found in the Hawaiian Islands, its closest living relative is in the Mediterranean
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Hawaiian Monk Seal
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A black and white species of rare ungulate native to Southeast Asia, Its closest relatives can be found in South and Central America
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Malaysian Tapir
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A recently extinct species of Sirenian (Manatee) formerly found only in the subpolar waters of the Bering Strait. All other species are tropical
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Steller's Sea Cow
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A species of big cat in the same genus as Old World lions and tigers, native to South and Central America
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Jaguar
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Family of trees native to Australia/New Zealand, and the southern tip of South America
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Southern Beech
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Two gigantic seal species native to the North Pacific, and Antarctic waters
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Elephant Seals
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Giant North American salamander species closest related to the Chinese and Japanese Giant Salamanders
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Hellbender
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Species of crocodillian native to China which is closest related to species native to southeast US
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Chinese Alligator
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A species of "big cat" native to Africa/the Middle East, and closest related to large/medium sized cats of the Americas
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Cheetah
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Species of flowering water plant native to North America, with its sole close relative native to South Asia/widely cultivated there.
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Yellow Lotus
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Group of herbal plants primarily native to East Asia, but two species are native to the eastern US
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Ginseng
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Three closely related species of Great Ape native to southeast Asia. Ignoring humans, their closest relatives are only found in Africa
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Orangutan
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One species of this large filter-feeding fish lived in rivers in China before becoming extinct, the other species lives in the Mississippi River Basin
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Paddlefish
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Species of seal native to large lake in Siberia, over a thousand miles from the ocean and other seals
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Baikal Seal
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Every species of cactus, except one, is native to the New World. This species can be found in Africa and South Asia
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Mistletoe Cactus
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Waterbird native to South America whose two closest relatives are kagu birds native to the Pacific island of New Caledonia
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Sunbittern
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Patterns where East Asia and North America share plants/animals relates mostly to a combination of similar climates and of course the series of land bridges that existed between the two both in the last ice age, and much earlier at different intervals.