Mauritania
The Mauritanian Gerbil (Mammal Species of the World) is known from a single specimen.
Reptiles known only from Mauritania include a blind snake Typhlops etheridgei (Reptile Database), an agama Agama castroviejoi (IngentaConnect), and a recently described semaphore gecko Pristurus adrarensis (Zootaxa pdf file).
The
Mauritanian Heron Ardea
monicae (WorldBirder.com)
is sometimes considered a species distinct from the Grey Heron Ardea cinerea.
Scorpions unique to Mauritania include Lissothus occidentalis
(p. 3 of MNHN
pdf file), Compsobuthus
berlandi (Scorpion
Files), Buthacus
ehrenbergi (p. 6 of Euscorpius
pdf file), Orthochirus
atarensis (p.
14 of Euscorpius
pdf file), and Androctonus aleksandrplotkini
(Scorpion
Files). Other endemic invertebrates include a
jumping spider Menemerus
pulcher (Salticidae
of the World), a ground spider Pterotricha mauritanica
(World
Spider Catalog), a solifugid Blossia gluvioides (fr.wikipedia),
a dung beetle Onthophagus
amieti (Discover
Life), a jewel beetle Brachelytrium mauritanicum
(Zootaxa
pdf file), an
enigmatic scarab beetle Glaresis mauritanica
(eol), and a
scale insect Lecanodiaspis
zygophylli
(ScaleNet).
A vascular plant species known solely from Mauritania is Barleria schmitti (JSTOR).
Several recently described species from Mauritania have come from the
Adrar Plateau in the West Saharan Montane Xeric Woodlands
ecoregion (EoE).