Romania
Endemic mammals include the Mehely's Blind Mole-rat Spalax antiquus (ResearchGate) and the Oltenia Blind Mole-rat Spalax istricus (GBIF) (Oxford). The Carpathian Chamois (flickr) (iNaturalist) is an endemic mammal that is sometimes considered a full species.
Freshwater
fish known solely from Romania include the Eastern Carpathian Golden Loach Sabanejewia
vallachica (Ittiofauna WM),
an extinct stickleback Gasterosteus
crenobiontus (Ittiofauna WM),
the Petzea Rudd (FishBase),
the Arges Sculpin (Ittiofauna WM),
the Banat Sand Gudgeon (Ittiofauna WM),
and a critically endangered endemic genus, the Asprete Romanichthys
(FishBase)
(Ittiofauna WM).
The Danube Delta Dwarf Goby (FishBase)
has sometimes been recognized as a distinct species and is
known only from the Danube Delta in the Black Sea.
Cave beetles unique to Romania include a ground beetle Clivina
subterranea (Poppe
Stamps WM), a rove beetle Decumarellus
sarbui (True
Romania), and the round fungus beetles Pholeuon comani (Biospeleologica
Slovaca WM) and Sophrochaeta reitteri
(Fig. 61 at BHL).
Among the 34 endemic invertebrates from
Movile Cave area a centipede Cryptops
speleorex (EurekAlert!),
a millipede Archiboreoiulus
serbansarbui (fig 4C at Diversity), a
water scorpion Nepa
anophthalma (Gess
Lab),
the spiders Agraecina
cristiani (Movile
Cave Project) and Kryptonesticus
georgescuae (ResearchGate),
the isopod crustaceans Armadillidium
tabacarui (BHL) and Trachelipus
troglobius (fig. b at ResearchGate),
an amphipod crustacean Niphargus
dancaui (BHL),
a leech Haemopis
caeca (BHL),
and a snail Heleobia
dobrogica (ResearchGate).
Other endemic insects include the bush crickets Isophya harzi (Grasshoppers of Europe) and Bradyporus montandoni (IUCN), the grasshoppers Zubovskya banatica (IUCN) and Podismopsis transsylvanica (IUCN), the ground beetles Carabus planicollis (galerie-insecte.org) and Trechus biharicus (fig. 6 at Käfer Europas), a longhorn beetle Xestoleptura nigroflava (IUCN), a click beetle Athous petronelae (Elateridae), the caddisflies Rhyacophila motasi (BOLD) and Rhyacophila kimminsiana (BOLD), a stonefly Zwicknia kovacsi (ResearchGate), a noctuid moth Polia cherrug (BHL), the tortrix moths Dichrorampha carpatalpina (Nota Lepidopterologica) and Phtheochroa carpatiana (ResearchGate), and a picture-winged fly Otites kowarzi (Diptera.info).
Other endemic snails include Bythinella molcsany (IUCN), Alopia plumbea (iNaturalist), Mastus transsylvanicus (AnimalBase WM), Agardhiella tunde (AnimalBase WM), Arianta hessei (AnimalBase WM), Oxychilus oscari (AnimalBase WM), Faustina kiralikoeica (iNaturalist), Limax zilchi (AnimalBase WM), Cochlodina marisi (AnimalBase WM), Vitrea subcarinata (GBIF), Lozekia deubeli (AnimalBase WM), and Melanopsis parreyssi (ARKive WM).
Other
endemic invertebrates include a springtail Hymenaphorura
kalindera (ZooKeys),
a scorpion Euscorpius
carpathicus (iNaturalist),
a dysderid spider Harpactea
decebali (ResearchGate),
the dwarf spiders Anguliphantes
silli (spiderling.de WM)
and Scutpelecopsis
loricata (BHL),
a pseudoscorpion Neobisium
leruthi (p. 13 of caves.org WM
pdf),
a centipede Clinopodes
intermedius (Semantic
Scholar), the millipedes Bulgardicus bucarestensis
(ResearchGate) and Micropachyiulus filiformis (GBIF),
a woodlouse Cylisticus
transsilvanicus (iNaturalist),
an amphipod Gammarus
hamaticornis (ResearchGate),
and an earthworm Dendrobaena
virgata (ResearchGate).
Plants found nowhere else include the pinks Dianthus
callizonus (iNaturalist)
and Dianthus
spiculifolius (iNaturalist),
the cornflowers Centaurea
pugioniformis (True
Romania)
and Centaurea
pinnatifida (Phyto
Images WM),
Hepatica transsilvanica
(iNaturalist),
a bellflower Campanula
romanica (Octavian
si Viorica), a larkspur Delphinium
simonkaianum (Flora
of Romania WM),
the milk-vetches Astragalus
peterfii (flóra-adatbáz)
and Astragalus
roemeri (ResearchGate),
a
whitlow-grass Draba
dorneri (Oltenia
pdf), a mouse-ear chickweed Cerastium
transsylvanicum (True
Romania), Cephalaria radiata (Flora
of Romania WM), Salvia
transsylvanica (ResearchGate),
Andryala levitomentosa
(Flora
of Romania WM), Galium baillonii
(Flora
of Romania WM), the campions Silene
nivalis (TrekNature
WM)
and Silene dinarica
(Flora
of Romania WM), Thymus
comosus
(Flora
of Romania WM), Ferula
mikraskythiana (BirdLife
Int'l WM), Noccaea
banatica (Flora
of Romania WM), Sorbus paxiana (p.
24 of szie.hu
pdf), a vanilla orchid Nigritella
suceveana (ResearchGate),
and a feather grass Stipa
danubialis (ibiol.ro).
An important terrestrial ecoregion for endemic species is the
Carpathian Montane Forests (EoE). Movile Cave (Movile
Cave Project) (Diversity)
is one of the top caves in the world for
endemic
invertebrates (caves.org
pdf). For a list of endemic cave arthropods see (ResearchGate)
and for endemic molluscs see (Wikipedia).