Smokies Endemic Species List

Objective and caveats

The Smokies Endemic Species List is meant to provide a sense of the diversity of species that can only be found within the bounds of Great Smoky Mountains National Park or within the Park and surrounding Southern Appalachian region. This is a best effort but should not be considered exhaustive; it will be updated as new species are discovered within the Park, as species are discovered in new places, and as additional historic species records are uncovered.

Definitions

GSMNP Endemic – a species whose entire known geographic distribution is only inside the boundary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park (shown in the following map).

Southern Appalachian Endemic – for the purposes of this list, a species that (i) is known to occur in GSMNP, AND (ii) whose entire known geographic distribution is limited to the Southern Appalachian Mountains (as defined by the SABC boundary, shown here).

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