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The national Red List is compiled and maintained by the Ministry of the Environment, alongside a separate Red List for marine organisms. Similarly drawing on the relevant scientific authorities, NGOs, and local governments, the Ministry of the Environment also prepares and publishes a Red Data Book ( レッドドデータブック , reddo dēta ...
National Endangered Species, as designated by Cabinet order, are those that live or grow in Japan (Article 4) [3] International Endangered Species, as designated by Cabinet order, and excluding National Endangered Species, are those for which arrangements have been made, aimed at their conservation, through international cooperation (Article 4) [3]
1.2 Birds. 1.3 Marine animals. 1.4 Fish. ... Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. ... List of animals of Japan.
Other well-known insects in Japan include cicadas, crickets, Asian giant hornet and fireflies. Firefly viewing is a popular tourist attraction in some areas. Some of the butterflies are endangered, and thus added into the Japan Red List. One example is Niphanda fusca, a parasitic butterfly that commonly resides in satoyama. Due to changing ...
This is a list of mammal species recorded in Japan (excluding domesticated and captive populations). Of the 172 [1] species of mammal found—112 native terrestrial mammals (those that are endemic are identified below; this number includes 37 species of bat), 19 introduced species, 40 species of Cetacea, and the dugong—161 are listed for the Japan region on the IUCN Red List of Threatened ...
List of endangered amphibians; List of endangered arthropods; List of endangered birds; List of endangered fishes; List of endangered insects; List of endangered mammals; List of endangered molluscs; List of endangered reptiles; List of animals that are extinct in the wild; List of extinct birds in the wild
The Java sparrow has been a popular cage bird in Asia for centuries, first in China's Ming Dynasty and then in Japan from the 17th century, frequently appearing in Japanese paintings and prints. Meiji-era writer Natsume Sōseki wrote an essay about his pet Java sparrow. In the late 1960s and early 1970s the Java sparrow was one of the most ...
This list of reptiles of Japan is primarily based on the IUCN Red List, which details the conservation status of some one hundred species. [1] Of these, five are assessed as critically endangered (the hawksbill turtle and yellow pond turtle and the endemic Toyama's ground gecko, Yamashina's ground gecko, and Kikuzato's brook snake), ten as endangered, twelve as vulnerable, thirteen as near ...