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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
Amurskii Yozh
Erinaceus amurensis
Least Concern
Ondatra
Ondatra zibethicus
Not Evaluated
Pasyuk
Rattus norvegicus
Least Concern
Tysâčelistnik Obyknovennyj
Achillea millefolium
Least Concern
Vostochnyi Netopyr'
Pipistrellus abramus
Least Concern
Береговая майна
Acridotheres ginginianus
Least Concern
волк
Canis lupus
Critically Endangered
Тигровый астрильд
Amandava amandava
Least Concern
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
Mediterranean flour moth
Ephestia kuehniella
Buff tailed bumblebee
Bombus terrestris
Tapestry moth
Trichophaga tapetzella
Finlayson's squirrel
Callosciurus finlaysonii
Cigarette beetle
Lasioderma serricorne
Broadbean weevil
Bruchus rufimanus
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