Austria
Over
50 species of
plants are known only from Austria (Flora
von Österreich) including a bellflower Campanula pulla (Botanik
im Bild), a leopard's bane Doronicum cataractarum
(Flora
von Österreich), a saxifrage
Saxifraga blepharophylla
(Flora
von Österreich), a pink Dianthus alpinus (Flora
von Österreich), a whitlow-grass Draba stellata (Botanik
im Bild), a blue oat grass Helictotrichon petzense
(Flora
von Österreich), a scurvy-grass
Cochlearia macrorrhiza
(Flora
von Österreich), a bedstraw Galium meliodorum (Flora
von Österreich), a spurge Euphorbia austriaca
(Flora
von Österreich), a widow flower Knautia norica (Flora
von Österreich), Callianthemum anemonoides (Flora
von Österreich), a larkspur Delphinium austriacum
(Flora
von Österreich), a houseleek
Sempervivum pittonii
(Flora
von Österreich), Pulsatilla styriaca (Flora
von Österreich), and a lungwort Pulmonaria kerneri (Flora
von Österreich).
The Bavarian Pine Vole Microtus
bavaricus long thought to be extinct, has recently been
rediscovered in Tirol (IUCN
Red List).
Two whitefish Coregonus
danneri (ARKive)
and Coregonus atterensis
(ARKive)
are endemic to Austria, while a trout Salmo schiefermuelleri
(Ittiofauna)
is apparently extinct.
About 1000 species of invertebrates are believed to be unique to
Austria (p. 11 of CBD
pdf file)
including a butterfly, the White Speck Ringlet Erebia claudina (pyrgus.de),
a moth Elophos zirbitzensis (Lepiforum), a leaf beetle Oreina
retenta (WCV
pdf file), Frey’s Damselfly Coenagrion hylas freyi
(ARKive),
a blind ground beetle Arctaphaenops
angulipennis (p. 6 of IJS 5 MB pdf file), a round fungus beetle
Lotharia angulicollis
(p. 5 of Biologiezentrum
pdf file), a dance fly Empis
assimilis (p. 5 of EJE
pdf file), a spider Troglohyphantes tauriscus (p. 3 of ARAGES pdf file), a pseudoscorpion Neobisium
aueri (p. 7 of IJS 5 MB pdf file), and a copepod crustacean Elaphoidella plesai
(G.L.
Pesce pdf file). Austria has 60 endemic snails (see Wikipedia)
including Cylindrus obtusus (Wolfgang
Fischer), Orcula austriaca (AnimalBase),
Orcula fuchsi
(AnimalBase),
Alzoniella
hartwigschuetti (ARKive), Belgrandiella austriana
(Wolfgang
Fischer), and Bythiospeum cisterciensorum
(Wolfgang
Fischer).