Japan
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Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
Seoyangtobpul
Achillea millefolium
Ajuga
Ajuga reptans
Asian house shrew
Suncus murinus
Amur Hedgehog
Erinaceus amurensis
Common Seahorse
Hippocampus kuda
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
Alder
Alnus glutinosa
2-spot ladybird
Adalia bipunctata
Ecoregions
Nansei Islands subtropical evergreen forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Indomalaya
Ogasawara subtropical moist forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Oceania
Hokkaido deciduous forests
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests · Palearctic
Nihonkai evergreen forests
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests · Palearctic
Nihonkai montane deciduous forests
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests · Palearctic
Taiheiyo evergreen forests
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests · Palearctic
All Species in Japan
Dried Fruit Beetle
Carpophilus hemipterus
Channeled Applesnail
Pomacea canaliculata
Tube-building worm
Hydroides elegans
Parasitoid wasp
Aphelinus mali
Parasitoid wasp
Encarsia formosa
Lobster cockroach
Nauphoeta cinerea
Cheese skipper
Piophila casei
Frisch's carpet beetle
Dermestes frischi
Black carpet beetle
Attagenus unicolor
Beaked Clothes
Tinea translucens
Black soldier fly
Hermetia illucens
common squirrel monkey
Saimiri sciureus
Mahogany Ridgeback scarab
Sigorus porcus
California red scale
Aonidiella aurantii
Mite
Phytonemus pallidus
Aphid
Uroleucon taraxaci
onyx slippersnail
Crepidula onyx
Minute black scavenger fly
Scatopse notata
California scale
Diaspidiotus perniciosus
false parlatoria scale
Pseudoparlatoria parlatorioides
Cyanophyllum scale
Abgrallaspis cyanophylli
fly speck scale
Gymnaspis aechmeae
pineapple scale
Diaspis bromeliae
Sea-wormwood Leafhopper
Chlorita viridula
Brachionid rotifer
Brachionus forficula
Hiller's spider beetle
Pseudeurostus hilleri
Powderpost beetle
Minthea rugicollis
Bostrichid beetle
Heterobostrychus hamatipennis
Asian house shrew
Suncus murinus
Weevil
Otiorhynchus cribricollis
Powder-post checkered beetle
Tarsostenus univittatus
Foreign grain beetle
Ahasverus advena
Cryptamorpha
Cryptamorpha desjardinsi
Flat grain beetle
Cryptolestes pusillus
Black fungus beetle
Alphitobius laevigatus
Depressed flour beetle
Palorus subdepressus
Fly
Drosophila simulans
cacticans mealybug
Rhizoecus cacticans
Sap beetle
Carpophilus marginellus
Corn sap beetle
Carpophilus dimidiatus
Fly
Coboldia fuscipes
Polynesian rat
Rattus exulans
limy tubeworm
Hydroides dianthus
Plaster beetle
Cartodere constricta
Herbarium Beetle
Dienerella filum
Common thrip
Echinothrips americanus
Black larder beetle
Dermestes ater
Wardrobe beetle
Attagenus fasciatus
Siamese grain beetle
Lophocateres pusillus
Japanese Pipistrelle
Pipistrellus abramus
Common cattle grub
Hypoderma lineatum
Wasp
Bruchophagus gibbus
Asiatic Toad
Bufo gargarizans
Thrips
Frankliniella intonsa
Galician mussel
Mytilus galloprovincialis
Black Blow Fly
Phormia regina
Formosan rock macaque
Macaca cyclopis
Common Tree Frog/Four-lined Tree Frog
Polypedates leucomystax
Lewis spider mite
Eotetranychus lewisi
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatus
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