Endangered Wildlife in Japan

2015-11-30 UPDATE

The Ministry of the Environment has surveyed endangered wildlife species in Japan from a biological perspective, and published a “Red List.”

Animals
Mammals	42 species	Senkaku mole, Ryukyu flying fox, Japanese river otter, Sea otter, Iriomote wild cat, etc.
Birds	92 species	Stork, Crested serpent eagle, Okinawa rail, Common murre, Blakiston’s fish owl, etc.
Reptiles	31 species	Toyama’s ground gecko, Kuroiwa’s ground gecko, Kikuzato’s brook snake, Loggerhead sea turtle, Elegant five-lined skink, etc.
Amphibians	21 species	Abe’s salamander, Hakuba salamander, Ishikawa’s frog, Daruma pond frog, Namiye’s frog, etc.
Brackish and fresh water fishes	144 species	Unicolor snake moray, Tokyo bitterling, Ryukyu ayu-fish, Sockeye salmon, Small-scale whiting, etc.
Insects	239 species	Rhinocypha ogasawarensis, Ohomopterus arrowianus kirimurai, Hylaeus boninensis, Simulium satsumense, Japanese scrub hopper, etc.
Shellfish	377 species	Onchidium sp., Ogasawarana capsula, Chamalychaeus miyazakii, Diplommatina pudica, Stenothyra thermaecola, etc.
Arachnids, crustaceans, etc.	56 species	Japanese horseshoe crab, Cybaeus itsukiensis, Hondoniscus kitakamiensis, Paracalliope dichotomus, Polyxenus shinoharai, etc.
Animal Subtotal: 1002 species

Plants
Vascular plants	1690 species	Lycopodium fargesii, Lycopodium laxum, Helminthostachys zeylanica, Lindsaea kawabatae, Arthropteris palisotii, etc.
Bryophytes	229 species	Takakia lepidozioides, Diphyscium chiapense, Brachydontium noguchii, Aongstroemia julacea, Yamagoke moss, etc.
Algae	110 species	Chroococcus disperses, Stylonema alsidii, Compsopogon coeruleus, Bangia fuscopurpurea, Batrachospermum gelatinosum, etc.
Lichens	60 species	Acroscyphus sphaerophoroides Lev., Allocetraria oakesiana, Carbacanthographis iriomotensis, Cetraria aculeate, Cornicularia normoerica, etc.
Fungi	64 species	Cordyceps deflectens, Cordyceps iriomoteana, Cordyceps pentatomi, Termitomyces sp., Phellinus rimosus, etc.
Plant Subtotal: 2153 species
Total: 3155 species