No species meet the strict criteria for “Endemic Species of Kyrgyzstan.”
Define “endemic” as a species whose entire wild range lies inside a single country. Apply that rule strictly, and you find no species whose global range is confined only to Kyrgyzstan. Many organisms live mainly in Kyrgyzstan, but their ranges cross the borders of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, China, or Uzbekistan. Political borders rarely match mountain and steppe ecosystems, so true country-only endemics are exceptionally rare.
Understand why this happens. Kyrgyzstan is part of larger mountain systems—the Tien Shan, Alay, and Pamir-Alay—that stretch into several countries. Plants and animals adapted to these mountains tend to occur across the whole range, not just inside one political boundary. Taxonomy and data gaps add more complexity. Some plants or insects are described from Kyrgyzstan as narrow-range species or subspecies, but later work finds them in neighboring countries or treats them as varieties of wider-ranging species. Authoritative sources to check include the IUCN Red List, the Red Data Book of the Kyrgyz Republic, Kew, and GBIF; these sources show many regional endemics but no clean list restricted solely to Kyrgyzstan.
Look instead at close and useful alternatives. Compile lists of Tien Shan endemics, Alay endemics, or species “near-endemic” to Kyrgyzstan (mostly found here but also just over the border). Focus on taxonomic ranks below species (local subspecies or varieties) and on threatened or range-restricted plants and insects recorded in the Kyrgyz Red Book. Genera with many narrow-range species in the region include Astragalus and Allium, and many alpine cushion plants and steppe specialists are worth studying. For practical next steps, consult the Kyrgyz Red Data Book, GBIF occurrence data for Kyrgyzstan, and regional papers on Tien Shan biodiversity.
