Svalbard
Three vascular plant
species are found nowhere else: Saxifraga svalbardensis (NBF), Potentilla insularis (Flora of Svalbard),
and the Svalbard Saltmarsh Grass Puccinellia
svalbardensis (p. 16 of Sysselmannen 14 MB pdf file).
The Svalbard Reindeer Rangifer
tarandus platyrhynchus (Norwegian Polar Institute)
is an endemic subspecies of mammal.
Endemic invertebrates
include the aphids Sitobion calvulus and Acyrthosiphon
svalbardicum (SPIDER).
Svalbard is a territory of Norway
and part of the Arctic Desert terrestrial ecoregion (National
Geographic).