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Japan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
1446
Threatened
57
CR + EN + VU
Population
126 476 461
Area
377 975 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 15
Endangered 21
Vulnerable 21
Near Threatened 43
Least Concern 435
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

vipérine faux-plantain

Echium plantagineum

Not Evaluated

Volubilis

Ipomoea purpurea

Not Evaluated

vulnéraire

Anthyllis vulneraria

Vulnerable

Vulpin des champs

Alopecurus myosuroides

Least Concern

vulpin des prés

Alopecurus pratensis

Least Concern

xénope lisse

Xenopus laevis

Not Evaluated

Yucca

Yucca gloriosa

Not Evaluated

Nosema bombi

Not Evaluated

Common Seahorse

Hippocampus kuda

Vulnerable

Ocean Sunfish

Mola mola

Vulnerable

Porcupinefish

Diodon holocanthus

Least Concern

crab eating macaque

Macaca fascicularis

Endangered

Jenkins' spire shell

Potamopyrgus antipodarum

Not Evaluated

bay barnacle

Amphibalanus improvisus

Not Evaluated

Common Rough Woodlouse

Porcellio scaber

Least Concern

Sawtoothed grain beetle

Oryzaephilus surinamensis

Not Evaluated

Common Pill Woodlouse

Armadillidium vulgare

Near Threatened

Citrus mealybug

Planococcus citri

Not Evaluated

Webbing clothes moth

Tineola bisselliella

Least Concern

European grain moth

Nemapogon granella

Least Concern

Drugstore beetle

Stegobium paniceum

Least Concern

Bean weevil

Acanthoscelides obtectus

Not Evaluated

White-marked spider beetle

Ptinus fur

Least Concern

dooryard sowbug

Porcellio laevis

Least Concern

Firebrat

Thermobia domestica

Not Evaluated

Silverfish

Lepisma saccharinum

Not Evaluated

Alfalfa Weevil

Hypera postica

Least Concern

Black Vine Weevil

Otiorhynchus sulcatus

Least Concern

Potato tuber moth

Phthorimaea operculella

Not Evaluated

Angoumois grain moth

Sitotroga cerealella

Not Evaluated

Hardback Beetle

Tenebrio molitor

Least Concern

Confused flour beetle

Tribolium confusum

Least Concern

Small Black Ant

Lasius niger

Least Concern

Little house fly

Fannia canicularis

Not Evaluated

domestic goat

Capra hircus

Not Evaluated

Azalea leafminer

Caloptilia azaleella

Not Evaluated

Larder beetle

Dermestes lardarius

Least Concern

Fur carpet beetle

Attagenus pellio

Least Concern

Mediterranean flour moth

Ephestia kuehniella

Least Concern

Buff tailed bumblebee

Bombus terrestris

Least Concern

Tapestry moth

Trichophaga tapetzella

Extinct

Cigarette beetle

Lasioderma serricorne

Not Evaluated

Broadbean weevil

Bruchus rufimanus

Not Evaluated

Pea weevil

Bruchus pisorum

Not Evaluated

Leafhopper

Cicadella viridis

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Macropsis fuscula

Least Concern

rose leafhopper

Edwardsiana rosae

Least Concern

False Blister Beetle

Nacerdes melanura

Least Concern

German cockroach

Blattella germanica

Not Evaluated

brown-banded cockroach

Supella longipalpa

Not Evaluated

Spider beetle

Gibbium psylloides

Not Evaluated

Cosmopolitan powderpost beetle

Lyctus linearis

Endangered

Brown powderpost beetle

Lyctus brunneus

Not Evaluated

Plum Woodlouse

Porcellionides pruinosus

Not Evaluated

Columbia River Signal Crayfish

Pacifastacus leniusculus

Not Evaluated

Weevil

Brachyderes incanus

Least Concern

Marsh Plume

Buckleria paludum

Critically Endangered

rose-grass aphid

Metopolophium dirhodum

Not Evaluated

Greater Bulb-Fly

Merodon equestris

Least Concern

Redshouldered ham beetle

Necrobia ruficollis

Endangered

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