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Endangered species with misguided emphasis on saving ourselves, primarily? (4,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

homo sapiens

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'endangered species' is the definition.
'homo sapiens' can be an answer for 'species' (I have seen 'Human species ' mean 'homo sapiens' so perhaps 'species' could also mean 'homo sapiens'). I am not sure about the 'endangered' bit.

'misguided emphasis on saving ourselves primarily?' is the wordplay.
'misguided' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'saving' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'primarily?' indicates taking the first letters (I've seen 'primarily' mean this).
The initial letter of 'ourselves' is 'o'.
'emphasis'+'on'='emphasison'
'emphasison' anagrammed gives 'homsapiens'.
'homsapiens' placed around 'o' is 'HOMO SAPIENS'.

'with' is the link.

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(Other definitions for homo sapiens that I've seen before include "Human species" , "Relative of 1 across" , "The one existing species of Man" , "Modern humans" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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