native to
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Last year, three Chinese nationals who had stayed at his hotel were fined and deported after illegally harvesting protected crabs native to Amami-Oshima.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Lar gibbons are small apes native to south-east Asia whose international trade is tightly controlled.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Passenger pigeons, native to North America, were counted not by individuals but by how many hours or days it took a single flock to pass overhead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Aedes albopictus, a mosquito native to Asia that can transmit the same diseases as Aedes aegypti, conquered the country even faster thanks to developments in human infrastructure.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
The sphinx and pyramids were built by people fed on crops originally native to the Fertile Crescent, not to Egypt.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
