Japan
Asia · Eastern Asia
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
ajuga
Ajuga reptans
aloé-dos-cem-anos
Agave americana
arabidópsis
Arabidopsis thaliana
axenuz
Agrostemma githago
bafureira
Ricinus communis
bengali
Amandava amandava
mainá-ribeirinho
Acridotheres ginginianus
mainato-de-poupa
Acridotheres cristatellus
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
Upland midget
Phyllonorycter junoniella
Magnificent Bryozoan
Pectinatella magnifica
black-striped mussel
Mytilopsis sallei
Feathered slender
Caloptilia cuculipennella
Asian chestnut gall wasp
Dryocosmus kuriphilus
pineapple mealybug
Dysmicoccus brevipes
Willow bent-wing
Phyllocnistis saligna
Immortal jellyfish
Turritopsis dohrnii
rosy predator snail
Euglandina rosea
Poplar bent-wing
Phyllocnistis unipunctella
Mediterranean fig scale
Lepidosaphes ulmi
Drugstore beetle
Stegobium paniceum
Melon fly
Bactrocera cucurbitae
Marine isopod
Paracerceis sculpta
horse
Equus caballus
Mud Dauber
Sceliphron caementarium
tuberculate pear crab
Pyromaia tuberculata
Javan Mongoose
Herpestes javanicus
Mite
Tenuipalpus pacificus
Beardsley leafhopper
Balclutha saltuella
Greenhouse white fly
Trialeurodes vaporariorum
Leafhopper
Macropsis notata
The Japanese maple leafhopper
Japananus hyalinus
Argentine ant
Linepithema humile
Harris mud crab
Rhithropanopeus harrisii
cellar spiders
Crossopriza lyoni
arrow-head scale
Unaspis yanonensis
Lesser mealworm
Alphitobius diaperinus
Coconut rhinoceros beetle
Oryctes rhinoceros
Japanese Beetle
Popillia japonica
Lined flat bark beetle
Cryptolestes ferrugineus
Ascidian
Polyandrocarpa zorritensis
Indian House Cricket
Gryllodes sigillatus
Ivory Barnacle
Amphibalanus eburneus
Japanese leafhopper
Orientus ishidae
Merchant Grain Beetle
Oryzaephilus mercator
Asian Tiger Mosquito
Aedes albopictus
European grain moth
Nemapogon granella
Webbing clothes moth
Tineola bisselliella
sika deer
Cervus nippon
Ocean Sunfish
Mola mola
Mediterranean scale
Parlatoria ziziphi
Pleated tunicate
Styela plicata
Leafminer fly
Liriomyza trifolii
Mediterranean green crab
Carcinus aestuarii
Asian Hornet
Vespa velutina
Drone-Bee
Apis mellifera
Asian green mussel
Perna viridis
Redlegged ham beetle
Necrobia rufipes
Moustached Laughingthrush
Garrulax cineraceus
Lesser Bulb-Fly
Eumerus funeralis
Red Swamp Crayfish
Procambarus clarkii
White-browed Laughingthrush
Garrulax sannio
Masked Laughingthrush
Garrulax perspicillatus
tulip bulb aphid
Dysaphis tulipae
Common Rose
Pachliopta aristolochiae
Chinese giant salamander
Andrias davidianus
Yarrow Plume
Gillmeria pallidactyla
Japanese Weasel
Mustela itatsi
Dsinezumi Shrew
Crocidura dsinezumi
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