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Japan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
1446
Threatened
56
CR + EN + VU
Population
126,476,461
Area
377,975 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 15
Endangered 20
Vulnerable 21
Near Threatened 41
Least Concern 426
Data Deficient 4
Not Evaluated 878
Extinct 20

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1017
Animalia 427
Protozoa 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Japan

Japanese Common Toad

Bufo japonicus

Least Concern

Japanese fibre banana

Musa basjoo

Not Evaluated

Japanese Fire-bellied Newt

Cynops pyrrhogaster

Not Evaluated

Japanese glorybower

Clerodendrum japonicum

Least Concern

Japanese leafhopper

Orientus ishidae

Not Evaluated

Japanese morning-glory

Ipomoea nil

Not Evaluated

Japanese pink

Dianthus chinensis

Not Evaluated

Japanese Pipistrelle

Pipistrellus abramus

Least Concern

Japanese scallion

Allium chinense

Least Concern

Japanese tung-oil-tree

Vernicia cordata

Least Concern

Japanese Weasel

Mustela itatsi

Near Threatened

Japanese wrinkled frog

Glandirana rugosa

Least Concern

Java-bean

Senna obtusifolia

Least Concern

Javanese bishopwood

Bischofia javanica

Least Concern

Javan Mongoose

Herpestes javanicus

Not Evaluated

Jenkins' spire shell

Potamopyrgus antipodarum

Not Evaluated

Jerusalem artichoke

Helianthus tuberosus

Not Evaluated

Jerusalem cherry

Solanum pseudocapsicum

Not Evaluated

Jew's-mallow

Corchorus olitorius

Not Evaluated

Job's tears

Coix lacryma-jobi

Least Concern

Johnny jumpup

Viola tricolor

Not Evaluated

Jointed Charlock

Raphanus raphanistrum

Least Concern

Jointed Flatsedge

Cyperus articulatus

Least Concern

Jointed goatgrass

Aegilops cylindrica

Not Evaluated

Joint-Leaf Rush

Juncus articulatus

Least Concern

joint-vetch

Aeschynomene americana

Least Concern

Jujube red date

Ziziphus jujuba

Least Concern

Jungle Myna

Acridotheres fuscus

Least Concern

Jute

Corchorus aestuans

Not Evaluated

Kariba weed

Salvinia molesta

Not Evaluated

Khakiweed

Alternanthera pungens

Not Evaluated

Khapra beetle

Trogoderma granarium

Not Evaluated

Kiss Me Over The Garden Gate

Persicaria orientalis

Not Evaluated

Kiss me quick

Portulaca pilosa

Not Evaluated

Kiwi

Actinidia chinensis

Not Evaluated

Kleberg's bluestem

Dichanthium annulatum

Not Evaluated

Knotgrass

Paspalum distichum

Least Concern

Knotroot Bristle Grass

Setaria parviflora

Not Evaluated

knotted clover

Trifolium striatum

Near Threatened

Knotted hedgeparsley

Torilis nodosa

Least Concern

Knotweed

Rumex pratensis

Not Evaluated

Lady'S Bedstraw

Galium verum

Near Threatened

Lamarck's bedstraw

Galium divaricatum

Not Evaluated

Lantana

Lantana camara

Least Concern

Larch sawfly

Pristiphora erichsonii

Not Evaluated

Larder beetle

Dermestes lardarius

Least Concern

Large Cabbage White

Pieris brassicae

Least Concern

Large-flowered Evening-primrose

Oenothera glazioviana

Not Evaluated

Large Fox Sedge

Carex annectens

Not Evaluated

Large Sweet Vernalgrass

Anthoxanthum odoratum

Not Evaluated

Large yellow vetch

Vicia grandiflora

Not Evaluated

lateral sedge

Carex unilateralis

Least Concern

Latin American fleabane

Erigeron karvinskianus

Not Evaluated

Lawndaisy

Bellis perennis

Least Concern

Laxman’s bulrush

Typha laxmannii

Not Evaluated

Leafhopper

Oncopsis tristis

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Eupteryx artemisiae

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Aguriahana stellulata

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Alnetoidia alneti

Not Evaluated

Leafhopper

Eurhadina concinna

Least Concern

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