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Japan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
1446
Threatened
56
CR + EN + VU
Population
126476461
Area
377975 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 15
Endangered 20
Vulnerable 21
Near Threatened 43
Least Concern 439
Data Deficient 4
Not Evaluated 874
Extinct 20

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1017
Animalia 427
Protozoa 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Japan

Dusky Plume

Oidaematophorus lithodactyla

Endangered

Hoary Plume

Platyptilia isodactylus

Not Evaluated

Darkling beetle

Tribolium destructor

Least Concern

Rose Plume

Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla

Least Concern

Common Rough Woodlouse

Porcellio scaber

Least Concern

tulip bulb aphid

Dysaphis tulipae

Not Evaluated

bay barnacle

Amphibalanus improvisus

Not Evaluated

Redlegged ham beetle

Necrobia rufipes

Least Concern

Asian Hornet

Vespa velutina

Not Evaluated

Leafminer fly

Liriomyza trifolii

Not Evaluated

European Giant Gardenslug

Limax maximus

Least Concern

Siberian chipmunk

Tamias sibiricus

Not Evaluated

Asian Longhorned Beetle

Anoplophora glabripennis

Not Evaluated

Lesser mealworm

Alphitobius diaperinus

Least Concern

Redshouldered ham beetle

Necrobia ruficollis

Endangered

Greenhouse white fly

Trialeurodes vaporariorum

Not Evaluated

Common Raccoon

Procyon lotor

Least Concern

horse

Equus caballus

Not Evaluated

Greater Bulb-Fly

Merodon equestris

Least Concern

Willow bent-wing

Phyllocnistis saligna

Least Concern

rose-grass aphid

Metopolophium dirhodum

Not Evaluated

Upland midget

Phyllonorycter junoniella

Least Concern

Marsh Plume

Buckleria paludum

Critically Endangered

Royal midget

Phyllonorycter pastorella

Least Concern

Little slender

Calybites phasianipennella

Near Threatened

Surinam cockroach

Pycnoscelus surinamensis

Not Evaluated

Weevil

Brachyderes incanus

Least Concern

European rabbit

Oryctolagus cuniculus

Near Threatened

gray wolf

Canis lupus

Critically Endangered

Northern cattle grub

Hypoderma bovis

Extinct

Columbia River Signal Crayfish

Pacifastacus leniusculus

Not Evaluated

Gammarid amphipod

Grandidierella japonica

Not Evaluated

Coffee bean weevil

Araecerus fasciculatus

Not Evaluated

Machilus oystershell

Lepidosaphes beckii

Not Evaluated

Golden mussel

Limnoperna fortunei

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Evacanthus interruptus

Least Concern

Golden Freshwater Clam

Corbicula fluminea

Not Evaluated

Leafhopper

Elymana sulphurella

Least Concern

Plum Woodlouse

Porcellionides pruinosus

Not Evaluated

Planthopper

Planaphrodes bifasciata

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Oncopsis flavicollis

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Oncopsis tristis

Least Concern

Brown powderpost beetle

Lyctus brunneus

Not Evaluated

titan acorn barnacle

Megabalanus coccopoma

Not Evaluated

Cosmopolitan powderpost beetle

Lyctus linearis

Endangered

Tomato russet mite

Aculops lycopersici

Not Evaluated

Spider beetle

Gibbium psylloides

Not Evaluated

Weevil

Brachysomus echinatus

Least Concern

Dowdy Plume

Stenoptilia zophodactylus

Extinct

Hemp-agrimony Plume

Adaina microdactyla

Vulnerable

brown-banded cockroach

Supella longipalpa

Not Evaluated

Clown beetle

Carcinops pumilio

Least Concern

ivy aphid

Aphis hederae

Not Evaluated

spotted alfalfa aphid

Therioaphis trifolii

Not Evaluated

Yellow potato cyst nematode

Globodera rostochiensis

Not Evaluated

Violet checkered beetle

Necrobia violacea

Least Concern

Yellow fever mosquito

Aedes aegypti

Not Evaluated

minute gem

Hawaiia minuscula

Not Evaluated

nutria

Myocastor coypus

Not Evaluated

hedgehog

Erinaceus europaeus

Least Concern

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