Ukraine
Mammals found nowhere else include the Sandy Mole Rat (menr.gov.ua) and the Dneper Common Shrew (Mammal Species of the World).
Lindholm's Rock Lizard Darevskia lindholmi (lacerta.de) is an endemic reptile.
Freshwater
fish unique to Crimea
include the Chornaya Gudgeon Gobio
delyamurei (Ittiofauna),
the Crimean Gudgeon Gobio krymensis (ARKive),
the Crimean
Loach Cobitis taurica
(Ittiofauna),
and the Crimean Tatar Goby Proterorhinus tataricus
(ARKive).
Insects unique to Ukraine include the butterflies Polyommatus pljushtchi
(Lepidoptera
of Crimea) and Pseudochazara
euxina (IUCN
Red List), the moths Blastodacna
rossica (Lepidoptera
of Crimea) and Epichnopterix
crimaeana (Lepidoptera
of Crimea), a ground beetle Carabus gyllenhali (MacroID.RU),
a click beetle Melanotus
tauricola (Elateridae),
a leaf beetle Cecchiniola
platyscelidina (menr.gov.ua),
the katydids Poecilimon
boldyrevi (OSF)
and Anadrymadusa
retowskii (ru.wikipedia),
and an ant Chalepoxenus
tauricus
(p. 3 of Antbase
pdf file). Other
endemic
invertebrates include a scorpion Euscorpius
tauricus (MacroID.RU),
a goblin spider Spinestis
nikita (Wikispecies),
the money spiders Diplocephalus
pseudocrassilobus (araneae),
Incestophantes australis
(ZooKeys),
a millipede Leptojulus
semenkevitshi (menr.gov.ua),
a semi-slug Bilania
boettgeri (Crimean
malacological), and several land snails: Prostenomphalia carpathica
(menr.gov.ua),
Helicopsis
filimargo (Crimean
malacological), Mentissa gracilicosta
(AnimalBase),
and
Oxychilus kobelti
(Crimean
malacological).
Vascular plant species known exclusively from Ukraine include the
Crimean Edelweiss Cerastium
biebersteinii (plantarium.ru),
a
campion Silene jailensis
(plantarium.ru),
a milk-vetch Astragalus
setosulus (plantarium.ru),
Seseli gummiferum (plantarium.ru),
Gagea callieri
(plantarium.ru),
Daphne taurica
(plantarium.ru),
Saxifraga irrigua
(plantarium.ru),
Alcea taurica
(plantarium.ru),
Lepidium
turczaninowii (plantarium.ru),
Onobrychis pallasii
(plantarium.ru),
Lamium glaberrimum
(plantarium.ru),
Jurinea sordida
(plantarium.ru),
Scrophularia granitica
(plantarium.ru),
Echium
popovii (p.
73 of UNI-Graz
6 MB pdf file), the
Stankewiczii Pine Pinus
stankewiczii (menr.gov.ua),
a birch Betula klokovii
(menr.gov.ua),
and a hawthorn Crataegus
pojarkovae (plantarium.ru).
Rumia
crithmifolia (plantarium.ru)
represents an endemic genus.
Important terrestrial ecoregions include the Crimean Submediterranean
Forest Complex (Wikipedia)
and the Carpathian Montane Forests (EoE).
For
a brief overview of Ukrainian biodiversity see (menr.gov.ua).