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Japan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
1446
Threatened
53
CR + EN + VU
Population
126,476,461
Area
377,975 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 15
Endangered 18
Vulnerable 20
Near Threatened 37
Least Concern 404
Data Deficient 4
Not Evaluated 861
Extinct 20

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1017
Animalia 427
Protozoa 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Japan

Cat

Felis catus

Not Evaluated

Drone-Bee

Apis mellifera

Not Evaluated

Webbing clothes moth

Tineola bisselliella

Least Concern

European grain moth

Nemapogon granella

Least Concern

Drugstore beetle

Stegobium paniceum

Least Concern

Mediterranean fig scale

Lepidosaphes ulmi

Not Evaluated

Bean weevil

Acanthoscelides obtectus

Not Evaluated

White-marked spider beetle

Ptinus fur

Least Concern

lesser grain borer

Rhyzopertha dominica

Not Evaluated

Firebrat

Thermobia domestica

Not Evaluated

Silverfish

Lepisma saccharinum

Not Evaluated

Alfalfa Weevil

Hypera postica

Least Concern

Black Vine Weevil

Otiorhynchus sulcatus

Least Concern

potato aphid

Macrosiphum euphorbiae

Not Evaluated

bird cherry-oat aphid

Rhopalosiphum padi

Not Evaluated

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

Fire ant

Solenopsis geminata

Not Evaluated

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

Finlayson's squirrel

Callosciurus finlaysonii

Least Concern

Cigarette beetle

Lasioderma serricorne

Not Evaluated

California red scale

Aonidiella aurantii

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

Golden Freshwater Clam

Corbicula fluminea

Not Evaluated

Golden mussel

Limnoperna fortunei

Least Concern

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

Asian Longhorned Beetle

Anoplophora glabripennis

Not Evaluated

Siberian chipmunk

Tamias sibiricus

Not Evaluated

European Giant Gardenslug

Limax maximus

Least Concern

Darkling beetle

Tribolium destructor

Least Concern

Red flour beetle

Tribolium castaneum

Least Concern

Longhorned crazy ant

Paratrechina longicornis

Not Evaluated

Sweetpotato whitefly

Bemisia tabaci

Not Evaluated

Larch sawfly

Pristiphora erichsonii

Not Evaluated

Cherry Slug Sawfly

Caliroa cerasi

Not Evaluated

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