Pakistan
Mammals
found only in
Pakistan include the Indus River Dolphin (EDGE),
the Baluchistan Forest Dormouse (ZFMK
pdf file),
and the Pale Gray Shrew (IUCN Red List).
The Baluchistan Pygmy Jerboa (Rodent-Info.net)
represents an endemic genus. The Woolly Flying
Squirrel Eupetaurus
cinereus (WWF
Pakistan),
the sole member of its genus, may survive only in Pakistan. The Punjab
Urial (WWF
Pakistan) has recently been elevated to a full species, while
the Chiltan Wild Goat Capra
aegagrus chialtanensis
(Wildlife
of Pakistan) is an endemic subspecies.
Reptiles unique to Pakistan include the Pakistan Rock Agama Laudakia pakistanica
(CalPhotos),
the Salt Range Gecko Cyrtopodion
montiumsalsorum (CalPhotos),
Baig's Tuberculated Rock Gecko Cyrtopodion
baigii (CalPhotos),
the Cholistan Desert Lacerta Eremias
cholistanica (CalPhotos),
the Thal Skink Eumeces
indothalensis
(Asiatic
Herpetological Research pdf file), Madge’s Blind
Snake Typhlops
madgemintonai and Ahsan’s Blind Snake Typhlops ahsanai
(both at Wildlife
of Pakistan pdf file), and the Sind River Snake Enhydris pakistanica
(SysTax).
Endemic amphibians include the Swat Green Toad Bufo pseudoraddei (AmphibiaWeb)
and the Hazara Torrent Frog Paa
hazarensis (Wildlife
of Pakistan).
Freshwater fish known solely from Pakistan include the Indus Catfish Mystus horai (ScotCat),
the Asian hillstream catfishes Nangra
robusta (ACSI)
and Glyptothorax stocki
(ACSI),
another catfish Ompok
sindensis (Wikimedia
Commons),
the Zhobi Mahseer Naziritor
zhobensis (FishBase),
a river loach Schistura
machensis (p.
12 of Taylor
& Francis pdf file),
and a hill trout Barilius
pakistanicus (FishBase).
Invertebrates restricted to Pakistan include a silk moth Neoris (or Saturnia) codyi (Saturniidae
of the Western Palaearctic), an owlet moth Zekelia monikae (Biologiezentrum
pdf file), a ground beetle Carabus
baronii (flickr),
a tiger beetle Myriochila
akhteri (Carabidae
of the World), the longhorned beetles Prionus evae (cerambycidae.cz)
and Afghanicenus
aulicus (p.
21 of Biologiezentrum
4 MB pdf file), a tortoise beetle Notosacantha pakistanica
(Cassidinae
of the World), a bee Pseudapis
oysterensis
(Atlas
Hymenoptera), a jumping spider Marpissa carinata (Salticidae
of the World), and the scorpions Hottentotta finneganae
(Hottentotta)
and Scorpiops
pakistanicus (p. 6 of Euscorpius
pdf file). Endemic marine molluscs include a cleft clam Leptaxinus indusarium
(Levin
Lab pdf file) and the whelks Bullia kurrachensis
(Eddie
Hardy) and Bullia
indusindica (Eddie
Hardy).
Among about 200 vascular plant species exclusive to Pakistan are Jasminum leptophyllum
(Kew),
Astragalus gilgitensis
(WWF
Pakistan pdf file), Androsace
russellii (pakbs.org
pdf file), Haplophyllum
gilesii (p. 26 of WWF
Pakistan pdf file), Rhodiola
saxifragoides (p. 28 of WWF
Pakistan pdf file), a tansy Tanacetum baltistanicum
(p.
31 of WWF
Pakistan pdf file), Sulaimania
otostegioides (Flora
of Pakistan), Stewartiella baluchistanica (Flora
of Pakistan), Pseudomertensia
(or Decalepidanthus)
sericophylla
(Flora
of Pakistan), a tamarisk Tamarix
pakistanica
(Flora
of Pakistan), a pink Saponaria
subrosularis (Tropicos),
Heliotropium
remotiflorum (Tropicos),
a feather grass Stipa
chitralensis (JSTOR),
Aegopodium burttii
(Flora
of Pakistan), Bupleurum
constancei (NYBG),
Argyrolobium
barikotense (Virtual
Herbaria), and the mallows Malva
qaiseri (Flora
of Pakistan), and Hibiscus
scindicus (Flora
of Pakistan).
Part of Pakistan is included in the Himalaya biodiversity hotspot (Biodiversity
Hotspots). Important terrestrial ecoregions include
the Sulaiman Range Alpine Meadows (EoE)
and the Karakoram-West Tibetan Plateau Alpine Steppe (EoE).