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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

Mute Swan

Cygnus olor

Near Threatened

Narcissus

Narcissus poeticus

Not Evaluated

Narrow Clover

Trifolium angustifolium

Not Evaluated

Narrow-Fruit Rockcress

Nasturtium microphyllum

Least Concern

Narrow-Leaf Goosefoot

Chenopodium leptophyllum

Least Concern

Narrowleaf hawksbeard

Crepis tectorum

Near Threatened

Narrow-Leaved Meadow-Grass

Poa angustifolia

Least Concern

Narrownecked grain beetle

Omonadus floralis

Least Concern

Natal rock oyster

Saccostrea cuccullata

Not Evaluated

Nettleleaf velvetberry

Stachytarpheta urticifolia

Not Evaluated

Niger

Guizotia abyssinica

Not Evaluated

Nightflowering silene

Silene noctiflora

Endangered

Nightshade

Solanum linnaeanum

Least Concern

nigra scale

Parasaissetia nigra

Not Evaluated

Nimblewill

Muhlenbergia schreberi

Not Evaluated

Niruri

Phyllanthus debilis

Not Evaluated

Nodding Catchfly

Silene pendula

Not Evaluated

Northern cattle grub

Hypoderma bovis

Extinct

nutria

Myocastor coypus

Not Evaluated

Nuttall's waterweed

Elodea nuttallii

Not Evaluated

oak-leaf datura

Datura quercifolia

Not Evaluated

Obscure morning-glory

Ipomoea obscura

Not Evaluated

Ocean Sunfish

Mola mola

Vulnerable

Okinawa Narrow-Mouthed Toad

Microhyla okinavensis

Least Concern

Okra

Abelmoschus esculentus

Not Evaluated

Old-man-in-the-spring

Senecio vulgaris

Not Evaluated

Oleander

Nerium oleander

Not Evaluated

Oleander Hawk Moth

Daphnis nerii

Not Evaluated

onyx slippersnail

Crepidula onyx

Not Evaluated

Orange-cheeked Waxbill

Estrilda melpoda

Least Concern

Orange Coneflower

Rudbeckia fulgida

Not Evaluated

Oriental poppy

Papaver orientale

Not Evaluated

Oriental Rat Flea

Xenopsylla cheopis

Not Evaluated

Oriental Stork

Ciconia boyciana

Endangered

ornate aphid

Myzus ornatus

Not Evaluated

Orosne

Polygala paniculata

Not Evaluated

Orpin D'Espagne

Sedum hispanicum

Not Evaluated

Orpin Sarmenteux

Sedum sarmentosum

Not Evaluated

Ox-tongue

Helminthotheca echioides

Not Evaluated

Painted Stork

Mycteria leucocephala

Near Threatened

Pale galingale, Tall flatsedge

Cyperus eragrostis

Not Evaluated

Pale madwort

Alyssum alyssoides

Extinct

Pallas's squirrel, Red-bellied tree squirrel

Callosciurus erythraeus

Not Evaluated

palm scale

Eucalymnatus tessellatus

Not Evaluated

Palm weevil

Sitophilus zeamais

Not Evaluated

Panama crowngrass

Paspalum fimbriatum

Not Evaluated

Panicled Bulrush

Scirpus microcarpus

Least Concern

Panicled Spot Flower

Acmella paniculata

Least Concern

Papaya

Carica papaya

Data Deficient

Parasitoid wasp

Aphelinus mali

Not Evaluated

Parasitoid wasp

Encarsia formosa

Not Evaluated

Parrotfeather

Myriophyllum aquaticum

Not Evaluated

parsley-piert

Aphanes arvensis

Least Concern

Partridge-Pea

Chamaecrista nictitans

Least Concern

Peach

Prunus persica

Not Evaluated

Pearly Underwing

Peridroma saucia

Not Evaluated

Pear thrips

Taeniothrips inconsequens

Not Evaluated

Pea weevil

Bruchus pisorum

Not Evaluated

pellitory-of-the-wall

Parietaria judaica

Least Concern

Pennyroyal

Mentha pulegium

Critically Endangered

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