Ukraine

Crimean endemics are in BOLD

Mammals found nowhere else include the Sandy Blind Mole-rat Spalax arenarius (Ukrainian Red Book WM) (iNaturalist) and the Podolsk Blind Mole-rat Spalax zemni (IUCN) (UkrBIN). The Ukrainian Serotine Eptesicus lobatus (naturalist.if.ua WM) is sometimes treated as a full species distinct from the widespread Common Serotine Eptesicus serotinus.

Lindholm's Rock Lizard Darevskia lindholmi (lacerta.de) (IUCN) is an endemic reptile.

Freshwater fish unique to Crimea include the Salgir Gudgeon (IUCN), the Short-barbeled Crimean Gudgeon (fig. 1a at ResearchGate) (Ittiofauna WM), the Crimean Spined Loach (Ittiofauna WM), the Crimean Shemaya (Ittiofauna WM), the Crimean Spirlin (FishBase), the Crimean Minnow (GBIF), and the Chornaya Tubenose Goby (IUCN).

Insects unique to Ukraine include the butterflies Polyommatus pljushtchi (Lepidoptera of Crimea WM) and Pseudochazara euxina (lepiforum.de) (IUCN), the moths Blastodacna rossica (Lepidoptera of Crimea WM) and Epichnopterix crimaeana (Lepidoptera of Crimea WM), the ground beetles Duvalius transcarpathicus (Biodiversity of Ukraine WM) and Carabus gyllenhali (iNaturalist), a cave-dwelling rove beetle Bryaxis cepliki (p. 3 of AEMNP WM pdf), the click beetle Melanotus tauricola (Elateridae) and Ampedus apicalis (Elateridae), the longhorn beetles Tetropium tauricum (KMK pdf) and Dorcadion mokrzeckii (Cerambycidae WM), a water beetle Limnebius agnieszkae (GBIF), a leaf beetle Cecchiniola platyscelidina (Ukrainian Red Book WM), a stonefly Isoperla prokopovi (GBIF), the bees Colletes tardus (fig e-f at ResearchGate) and Melitta budashkini (IUCN) and Andrena stepposa (Ukrainian Red Book), the ants Strongylognathus arnoldii (iNaturalist) and Strongylognathus chelifer (GBIF), and several katydids: Isophya taurica (IUCN), Poecilimon pliginskii (IUCN) and Anadrymadusa retowskii (IUCN).

Other endemic invertebrates include a scaffold web spider Carpathonesticus galotshkai (p. 16 of Univ. Kharkov WM pdf), a goblin spider Spinestis nikita (ResearchGate), a wolf spider Alopecosa krynickii (GBIF), a money spider Incestophantes australis (ResearchGate), a harvestman Dicranopalpus fraternus (iNaturalist), a scorpion Euscorpius tauricus (iNaturalist), a cave-dwelling pseudoscorpion Pseudoblothrus roszkovskii (Species New to Science), a cave-dwelling springtail Pygmarrhopalites tauricus (GBIF), the millipedes Leptoiulus semenkevitshi (Ukrainian Red Book WM) and Amblyiulus kovali (ResearchGate), a springtail Pygmarrhopalites carpathicusa (p. 20 of Univ. Kharkov WM pdf), the cave-dwelling woodlice Typhloligidium lithophagum (ResearchGate) and Tauronethes lebedinskyi (iNaturalist), an amphipod crustacean Synurella odessana (Subterranean Biology), and a copepod crustacean Speodiaptomus birsteini (Ukrainian Red Book WM).

Endemic molluscs include the freshwater snails Terrestribythinella baidashnikovi (figs. I-K at ResearchGate) and Turricaspia chersonica (fig. 10 at Vestnik zoologii WM pdf), a semi-slug Bilania boettgeri (Crimean malacological WM), and several land snails: Prostenomphalia carpathica (Ukrainian Red Book WM), Mentissa canalifera (iNaturalist), Trochulus czarnohoricus (p. 20 of Univ. Wroclaw WM pdf), Taurinellushka babugana (AnimalBase WM), Brephulopsis subulata (iNaturalist), Helicopsis filimargo (iNaturalist), Platyla jankowskiana (p. 38 of hawaii.edu pdf), Monacha fruticola (iNaturalist), Thoanteus gibber (iNaturalist), and Peristoma rupestre (iNaturalist).

Vascular plant species known exclusively from Ukraine include the Crimean Edelweiss Cerastium biebersteinii (iNaturalist), a campion Silene jailensis (plantarium.ru), an orchid Epipactis krymmontana (ResearchGate), Stipa donetzica (Ukrainian Red Book WM), Rosa donetzica (Ukrainian Red Book WM), Daphne taurica (plantarium.ru), Saxifraga irrigua (iNaturalist), Lepidium turczaninowii (IUCN), Sedum borissovae (iNaturalist), Onobrychis pallasii (iNaturalist), Lamium glaberrimum (plantarium.ru), Astragalus setosulus (iNaturalist), Jurinea sordida (plantarium.ru), Medicago saxatilis (iNaturalist), Dianthus hypanicus (iNaturalist), Convolvulus sericocephalus (iNaturalist), Scrophularia granitica (plantarium.ru), Allium tarkhankuticum (plantarium.ru), Moehringia hypanica (iNaturalist), Echium popovii (plantarium.ru), Thesium krymense (iNaturalist), Centaurea donetzica (Ukrainian Red Book WM), Agropyron cimmericum (ARKive WM), Agropyron dasyanthum (uk.wikipedia), Veronica taurica (iNaturalist), and Crepis purpurea (iNaturalist). Rumia (plantarium.ru) (iNaturalist) is often recognized as an endemic genus distinct from Trinia.

Trees known only from Ukraine include the Stankewiczii Pine Pinus stankewiczii (Ukrainian Red Book WM), a birch Betula klokovii (IUCN), Sorbus tauricola (IUCN), Prunus klokovii (iNaturalist), and the hawthorns Crataegus pojarkovae (plantarium.ru) and Crataegus sphaenophylla (iNaturalist).

Endemic fungi include Limacella steppicola (uk.wikipedia). Lichens known only from Ukraine include Caloplaca orloviana (fig. 1 at ResearchGate), Zwackhiomyces khodosovtsevii (ResearchGate), and Involucropyrenium breussii (ResearchGate). Endemic non-vascular plants include a moss Bryum jailae (fig. 12 at BHL).

Important terrestrial ecoregions include the Crimean Submediterranean Forest Complex (Wikipedia) and the Carpathian Montane Forests (EoE). For further details on plants and animals endemic to the Crimean peninsula see (ResearchGate) and (ResearchGate). See also the lists of endemic plants see (uk.wikipedia) and endemic animals (uk.wikipedia).