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Japan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
1446
Threatened
45
CR + EN + VU
Population
126 476 461
Area
377 975 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 13
Endangered 18
Vulnerable 14
Near Threatened 27
Least Concern 304
Data Deficient 2
Not Evaluated 610
Extinct 18

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1017
Animalia 427
Protozoa 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Japan

Urraca de Formosa

Urocissa caerulea

Least Concern

Uvita de playa

Coccoloba uvifera

Least Concern

vellorita

Bellis perennis

Least Concern

verbena

Verbena bonariensis

Not Evaluated

verbena azul

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

Least Concern

verdolaga

Trianthema portulacastrum

Not Evaluated

verruguera

Heliotropium curassavicum

Not Evaluated

viborera

Echium vulgare

Least Concern

vincapervinca

Vinca minor

Least Concern

Viuda Colicinta

Vidua macroura

Least Concern

Viuda del Paraíso

Vidua paradisaea

Least Concern

Viviu

Ipomoea alba

Least Concern

yerbabuena

Mentha spicata

Not Evaluated

yerba de Natal

Melinis repens

Not Evaluated

Yerba de tago

Eclipta prostrata

Not Evaluated

yute

Corchorus olitorius

Not Evaluated

zacate

Cyperus odoratus

Least Concern

zacate pluma

Chloris virgata

Not Evaluated

zacate violeta

Chrysopogon zizanioides

Not Evaluated

zurrón de pastor

Capsella bursa-pastoris

Not Evaluated

decollate snail

Rumina decollata

Not Evaluated

miniature awlsnail

Subulina octona

Not Evaluated

Cigarette beetle

Lasioderma serricorne

Not Evaluated

fox tapeworm

Echinococcus multilocularis

Not Evaluated

Mugwort slender

Leucospilapteryx omissella

Least Concern

Finlayson's squirrel

Callosciurus finlaysonii

Least Concern

Brown birch slender

Parornix betulae

Least Concern

Grey-alder midget

Phyllonorycter strigulatella

Least Concern

Red birch midget

Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella

Least Concern

Long-streak midget

Phyllonorycter salicicolella

Least Concern

Tapestry moth

Trichophaga tapetzella

Extinct

Buff tailed bumblebee

Bombus terrestris

Least Concern

Sallow midget

Phyllonorycter hilarella

Least Concern

Gold birch midget

Phyllonorycter cavella

Least Concern

Mediterranean flour moth

Ephestia kuehniella

Least Concern

White-Triangle Slender

Caloptilia stigmatella

Least Concern

Red birch slender

Caloptilia betulicola

Least Concern

Fur carpet beetle

Attagenus pellio

Least Concern

Citrus leafminer

Phyllocnistis citrella

Not Evaluated

aurochs

Bos taurus

Not Evaluated

American White Moth

Hyphantria cunea

Not Evaluated

Bristly Hawk'S-Beard

Crepis setosa

Not Evaluated

two-banded fungus beetle

Alphitophagus bifasciatus

Least Concern

Larder beetle

Dermestes lardarius

Least Concern

Azalea leafminer

Caloptilia azaleella

Not Evaluated

Jenkins' spire shell

Potamopyrgus antipodarum

Not Evaluated

minute gem

Hawaiia minuscula

Not Evaluated

Yellow fever mosquito

Aedes aegypti

Not Evaluated

domestic goat

Capra hircus

Not Evaluated

Jointed goatgrass

Aegilops cylindrica

Not Evaluated

Violet checkered beetle

Necrobia violacea

Least Concern

Variousleaf fescue

Festuca heterophylla

Not Evaluated

Creeping Fescue

Festuca rubra

Least Concern

Yellow potato cyst nematode

Globodera rostochiensis

Not Evaluated

Little house fly

Fannia canicularis

Not Evaluated

Loose Silky-bent

Apera spica-venti

Least Concern

Curled Thistle

Carduus crispus

Least Concern

Narrowleaf hawksbeard

Crepis tectorum

Near Threatened

spotted alfalfa aphid

Therioaphis trifolii

Not Evaluated

Black-grass

Alopecurus myosuroides

Least Concern

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