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  2. List of animals of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Habu, four different species of venomous snake that exist in certain islands including Okinawa, the Sakishima Islands and the Tokara Islands, but not on the islands of Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, Hokkaido.

  3. List of mammals of Japan - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. List of legendary creatures from Japan - Wikipedia

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    A Japanese chimera with the features of the beasts from the Chinese Zodiac: a rat's head, rabbit ears, ox horns, a horse's mane, a rooster's comb, a sheep's beard, a dragon's neck, a back like that of a boar, a tiger's shoulders and belly, monkey arms, a dog's hindquarters, and a snake's tail.

  5. Wildlife of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Japanese macaque bathing in hot springs in Nagano prefecture. About 130 species of land mammal occur in Japan. The largest of these are the two bears. The Ussuri brown bear (Ursus arctos), the largest land animal in Japan, is found in Hokkaidō, [3] where it plays an important role in the culture of the Ainu people. [4]

  6. List of reptiles of Japan - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Category:Japanese legendary creatures - Wikipedia

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    Animals in Japanese mythology (4 C, 3 P) D. Japanese demons (2 C, 7 P) ... Pages in category "Japanese legendary creatures" The following 53 pages are in this ...

  8. List of birds of Japan - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the bird species recorded in Japan. The avifauna of Japan include a total of 731 species, of which 19 are endemic , and 31 have been introduced by humans. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The ...

  9. List of amphibians of Japan - Wikipedia

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    This list of amphibians recorded in Japan is primarily based on the IUCN Red List, which details the conservation status of some ninety-four species. [1] Of these, four are assessed as critically endangered (the endemic Amakusa salamander, Mikawa salamander, Tosashimizu salamander, and Tsukuba clawed salamander), twenty-seven as endangered, fourteen as vulnerable, eleven as near threatened ...