I suppose we could think of alot of things unique to each continent but here are the examples I can come up with.
Asia has the Giant Panda and Tiger, Africa has the zebra and gorilla, Australia has the red kangaroo and koala, South America has the llama, North America has the raccoon and Antarctica has penguins. What about Europe?
Penguins as a group aren’t unique to Antarctica, since they are also found in Australia, though I’m sure that some species would be unique to Antartica.
I doubt if any of the larger groups of animals are unique to Europe, because of the ease of travel between Europe and Asia, though there are doubtless some species with a limited range. The highest taxonomic group that is unique to a continent is the monotremes (echidnas and platypus), only found in Australia and New Guinea – that happened because Australasia has been isolated from the rest of the world for such a long time.
The cheese-eating surrender monkey?
Hedgehogs?
There are plenty of plant and animal species that are specific to very small areas. I’m sure that Europe is teeming with creatures that do not appear anywhere outside their area. But I suppose the “mocha-eyed three-toed left-handed weasel” is too specific for you, and you’d prefer something like “tiger” or “koala”.
To answer my own question: no, hedgehogs are also found in Asia and N. Africa. And now that I think of it, since Europe and Asia don’t have any natural barrier between them – it would be unlikely that an animal found in Europe wouldn’t also be found in Asia.
Which, upon further review, is exactly what Giles said.
Penguins are found all over the Southern Hemisphere, up to and including one species that lives on the equator.
Hmm…for some reason, I thought there were hedgehogs in N. America, but apparantly I am wrong (aside from a few as pets.)
The robin, maybe?
I thought there was some stuff unique to the Black Forest, but I can’t find any evidence to support it.
The Willow tit is common in Europe and the British Isles. Here in the United States, we have a pair of tits: the tufted titmouse in the eastern US and the bush tits of the American West. Of course there are long-tailed tits and pendulin tits – whose nests look like hanging bags. As a budding bird watcher, I’d really like to get a good look at those tits.
Contrary to popular belief, the cigar shaped Slippery Dick is not found in Europe (Bermuda; from North Carolina to Brazil, including n. Gulf of Mexico, West Indies, and Central America). As a budding fisherman, I’d really like to hook onto a large Slippery Dick.
Admit it, Tibbycat, you choose your hobbies based on the jargon it lets you toss around.
-rainy
Huh? I’m afraid that I don’t follow…
Well, it’s your wrasse.
(Believe it or not, googling “slippery dick” turns up a first page consisting only of articles about the fish, a band, or a drink.)
There are a few species of birds which have their breeding distribution entirely within Europe:
Red-legged Partridge
Rock Partridge
Marmora’s Warbler
Corsican Nuthatch
Scottish Crossbill
Citril Finch
Italian Sparrow
That comes into the ‘three-toed small spotted warthog’ situation. Obviously there’s lots of individual species that only exist in small locations within Europe.
The problem the OP is encountering is that, unlike the Americas or Australia, Europe is a socio-political concept, not one which is defined by clear geographic boundaries. So most creatures common here are ‘Eurasian’ when you examine their whole geographic spread.
There are lots of birds that just barely get to the other side of the Urals, or to Turkey, or to the south side of the Caucasus. Their distribution is almost entirely European, but they do not technically qualify as true European endemics, according to the very arbitrary boundaries that have been defined for Europe.
OK, fair enough, Colibri - and I’m sure there’s plenty of mammals and lichen and all sorts 
… how many of the birds you listed are not only unique to Europe, but are comparable to the creatures listed by the OP as being unique to a specific place?