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Japan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
1446
Threatened
55
CR + EN + VU
Population
126,476,461
Area
377,975 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 14
Endangered 20
Vulnerable 21
Near Threatened 43
Least Concern 434
Data Deficient 4
Not Evaluated 867
Extinct 20

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1017
Animalia 427
Protozoa 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Japan

Larch sawfly

Pristiphora erichsonii

Not Evaluated

Citrus leafminer

Phyllocnistis citrella

Not Evaluated

Pallas's squirrel, Red-bellied tree squirrel

Callosciurus erythraeus

Not Evaluated

White-Triangle Slender

Caloptilia stigmatella

Least Concern

Gold birch midget

Phyllonorycter cavella

Least Concern

Sallow midget

Phyllonorycter hilarella

Least Concern

Sweetpotato whitefly

Bemisia tabaci

Not Evaluated

Red birch midget

Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella

Least Concern

Longhorned crazy ant

Paratrechina longicornis

Not Evaluated

Brown birch slender

Parornix betulae

Least Concern

Red flour beetle

Tribolium castaneum

Least Concern

fox tapeworm

Echinococcus multilocularis

Not Evaluated

miniature awlsnail

Subulina octona

Not Evaluated

decollate snail

Rumina decollata

Not Evaluated

Darkling beetle

Tribolium destructor

Least Concern

woolly apple aphid

Eriosoma lanigerum

Not Evaluated

European Giant Gardenslug

Limax maximus

Least Concern

Book louse

Liposcelis entomophila

Not Evaluated

Siberian chipmunk

Tamias sibiricus

Not Evaluated

Asian Longhorned Beetle

Anoplophora glabripennis

Not Evaluated

Bathroom Moth Fly

Clogmia albipunctatus

Not Evaluated

Redshouldered ham beetle

Necrobia ruficollis

Endangered

Common Raccoon

Procyon lotor

Least Concern

Greater Bulb-Fly

Merodon equestris

Least Concern

Banded thrip

Franklinothrips vespiformis

Not Evaluated

rose-grass aphid

Metopolophium dirhodum

Not Evaluated

Granary book louse

Trogium pulsatorium

Not Evaluated

ornate aphid

Myzus ornatus

Not Evaluated

Marsh Plume

Buckleria paludum

Critically Endangered

Weevil

Brachyderes incanus

Least Concern

European rabbit

Oryctolagus cuniculus

Near Threatened

gray wolf

Canis lupus

Critically Endangered

Columbia River Signal Crayfish

Pacifastacus leniusculus

Not Evaluated

Weevil

Sitona cylindricollis

Least Concern

Golden mussel

Limnoperna fortunei

Least Concern

Weevil

Stenopelmus rufinasus

Not Evaluated

palm scale

Eucalymnatus tessellatus

Not Evaluated

Root-eating beetle

Monotoma picipes

Least Concern

Honey bee mite

Varroa destructor

Not Evaluated

Golden Freshwater Clam

Corbicula fluminea

Not Evaluated

Leafhopper

Eurhadina concinna

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Alnetoidia alneti

Not Evaluated

Brown powderpost beetle

Lyctus brunneus

Not Evaluated

Weevil

Parascythopus intrusus

Not Evaluated

Brindled Plume

Amblyptilia punctidactyla

Least Concern

Reedbed Plume

Emmelina argoteles

Not Evaluated

Leafhopper

Aguriahana stellulata

Least Concern

Cottony cushion scale

Icerya purchasi

Not Evaluated

Leafhopper

Eupteryx artemisiae

Least Concern

Book lice

Lepinotus reticulatus

Not Evaluated

Cosmopolitan powderpost beetle

Lyctus linearis

Endangered

Smalleyed flour beetle

Palorus ratzeburgi

Not Evaluated

Longheaded flour beetle

Latheticus oryzae

Not Evaluated

Dark mealworm

Tenebrio obscurus

Not Evaluated

Sycamore Lace Bug

Corythucha ciliata

Not Evaluated

Bark lice

Liposcelis bostrychophila

Not Evaluated

Book louse

Liposcelis pearmani

Not Evaluated

Book louse

Liposcelis corrodens

Not Evaluated

Lesser cowpea weevil

Callosobruchus chinensis

Not Evaluated

Spider beetle

Gibbium psylloides

Not Evaluated

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