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Japan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
1446
Threatened
10
CR + EN + VU
Population
126 476 461
Area
377 975 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 2
Endangered 4
Vulnerable 4
Near Threatened 9
Least Concern 157
Data Deficient 2
Not Evaluated 354
Extinct 7

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1017
Animalia 427
Protozoa 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Japan

Leafhopper

Evacanthus interruptus

Least Concern

flax darnel

Lolium remotum

Extinct

cactus scale

Diaspis echinocacti

Not Evaluated

Alfalfa Weevil

Hypera postica

Least Concern

Dirty Sea-Squirt

Ascidiella aspersa

Least Concern

Broomcorn

Sorghum bicolor

Not Evaluated

Dwarf Setaria

Setaria italica

Not Evaluated

Coffee bean weevil

Araecerus fasciculatus

Not Evaluated

Silverfish

Lepisma saccharinum

Not Evaluated

Gammarid amphipod

Grandidierella japonica

Not Evaluated

Bearded Couch

Elymus caninus

Least Concern

Annual vernalgrass

Anthoxanthum aristatum

Not Evaluated

Pear thrips

Taeniothrips inconsequens

Not Evaluated

Firebrat

Thermobia domestica

Not Evaluated

Northern cattle grub

Hypoderma bovis

Extinct

Hairy Fungus Beetle

Typhaea stercorea

Data Deficient

Hide Beetle

Dermestes maculatus

Not Evaluated

Banded greenhouse thrips

Hercinothrips femoralis

Not Evaluated

dooryard sowbug

Porcellio laevis

Least Concern

lesser grain borer

Rhyzopertha dominica

Not Evaluated

crab eating macaque

Macaca fascicularis

Endangered

Common Sheep Sorrel

Rumex acetosella

Not Evaluated

Surinam cockroach

Pycnoscelus surinamensis

Not Evaluated

Bristle Dock

Rumex maritimus

Endangered

Little slender

Calybites phasianipennella

Near Threatened

White-marked spider beetle

Ptinus fur

Least Concern

Redvein dock

Rumex sanguineus

Critically Endangered

Royal midget

Phyllonorycter pastorella

Least Concern

Climbing False Buckwheat

Fallopia dumetorum

Least Concern

Linden midget

Phyllonorycter issikii

Not Evaluated

Bean weevil

Acanthoscelides obtectus

Not Evaluated

Natal rock oyster

Saccostrea cuccullata

Not Evaluated

Upland midget

Phyllonorycter junoniella

Least Concern

Magnificent Bryozoan

Pectinatella magnifica

Not Evaluated

black-striped mussel

Mytilopsis sallei

Not Evaluated

Feathered slender

Caloptilia cuculipennella

Near Threatened

Asian chestnut gall wasp

Dryocosmus kuriphilus

Not Evaluated

Willow bent-wing

Phyllocnistis saligna

Least Concern

Immortal jellyfish

Turritopsis dohrnii

Not Evaluated

rosy predator snail

Euglandina rosea

Not Evaluated

Poplar bent-wing

Phyllocnistis unipunctella

Not Evaluated

Mediterranean fig scale

Lepidosaphes ulmi

Not Evaluated

Drugstore beetle

Stegobium paniceum

Least Concern

Melon fly

Bactrocera cucurbitae

Not Evaluated

Marine isopod

Paracerceis sculpta

Not Evaluated

horse

Equus caballus

Not Evaluated

Mud Dauber

Sceliphron caementarium

Not Evaluated

tuberculate pear crab

Pyromaia tuberculata

Not Evaluated

Javan Mongoose

Herpestes javanicus

Not Evaluated

Mite

Tenuipalpus pacificus

Not Evaluated

Beardsley leafhopper

Balclutha saltuella

Not Evaluated

Greenhouse white fly

Trialeurodes vaporariorum

Not Evaluated

Leafhopper

Macropsis notata

Not Evaluated

The Japanese maple leafhopper

Japananus hyalinus

Not Evaluated

Argentine ant

Linepithema humile

Not Evaluated

Harris mud crab

Rhithropanopeus harrisii

Not Evaluated

cellar spiders

Crossopriza lyoni

Not Evaluated

Lesser mealworm

Alphitobius diaperinus

Least Concern

Coconut rhinoceros beetle

Oryctes rhinoceros

Not Evaluated

Japanese Beetle

Popillia japonica

Not Evaluated

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