Japan
Asia · Eastern Asia
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
Dheeb
Canis lupus
kharwa'a
Ricinus communis
Ajuga
Ajuga reptans
Amur Hedgehog
Erinaceus amurensis
Common Seahorse
Hippocampus kuda
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
Asian house shrew
Suncus murinus
Alder
Alnus glutinosa
Ecoregions
Nansei Islands subtropical evergreen forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Indomalaya
Ogasawara subtropical moist forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Oceania
Hokkaido deciduous forests
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests · Palearctic
Nihonkai evergreen forests
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests · Palearctic
Nihonkai montane deciduous forests
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests · Palearctic
Taiheiyo evergreen forests
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests · Palearctic
All Species in Japan
aurochs
Bos taurus
Citrus leafminer
Phyllocnistis citrella
Red birch slender
Caloptilia betulicola
White-Triangle Slender
Caloptilia stigmatella
Gold birch midget
Phyllonorycter cavella
Sallow midget
Phyllonorycter hilarella
Long-streak midget
Phyllonorycter salicicolella
Red birch midget
Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella
Grey-alder midget
Phyllonorycter strigulatella
Brown birch slender
Parornix betulae
Mugwort slender
Leucospilapteryx omissella
fox tapeworm
Echinococcus multilocularis
miniature awlsnail
Subulina octona
decollate snail
Rumina decollata
Red Avadavat
Amandava amandava
cobweb spiders
Latrodectus mactans
Cherry Slug Sawfly
Caliroa cerasi
Pallas's squirrel, Red-bellied tree squirrel
Callosciurus erythraeus
Larch sawfly
Pristiphora erichsonii
Isopod
Armadillidium nasatum
woolly apple aphid
Eriosoma lanigerum
Crested Myna
Acridotheres cristatellus
Sweetpotato whitefly
Bemisia tabaci
Longhorned crazy ant
Paratrechina longicornis
Common Rough Woodlouse
Porcellio scaber
Red flour beetle
Tribolium castaneum
Darkling beetle
Tribolium destructor
bay barnacle
Amphibalanus improvisus
Common Myna
Acridotheres tristis
European Giant Gardenslug
Limax maximus
Siberian chipmunk
Tamias sibiricus
Common Raccoon
Procyon lotor
Asian Longhorned Beetle
Anoplophora glabripennis
Redshouldered ham beetle
Necrobia ruficollis
Painted Stork
Mycteria leucocephala
Bank Myna
Acridotheres ginginianus
Greater Bulb-Fly
Merodon equestris
rose-grass aphid
Metopolophium dirhodum
Crested Ibis
Nipponia nippon
Marsh Plume
Buckleria paludum
ornate aphid
Myzus ornatus
Weevil
Brachyderes incanus
Short-tailed Albatross
Phoebastria albatrus
European rabbit
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Red-crested Cardinal
Paroaria coronata
Chestnut Munia
Lonchura atricapilla
Reedbed Plume
Emmelina argoteles
Cottony cushion scale
Icerya purchasi
Granary book louse
Trogium pulsatorium
Book lice
Lepinotus reticulatus
Banded thrip
Franklinothrips vespiformis
Smalleyed flour beetle
Palorus ratzeburgi
Longheaded flour beetle
Latheticus oryzae
Dark mealworm
Tenebrio obscurus
Bathroom Moth Fly
Clogmia albipunctatus
Bark lice
Liposcelis bostrychophila
Book louse
Liposcelis pearmani
Book louse
Liposcelis corrodens
Book louse
Liposcelis entomophila
Brindled Plume
Amblyptilia punctidactyla
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