State of Japan’s Environment at a Glance:
Extinct and Endangered Species Listed in the Red Data Book

Extinct Species

	Scientific name	English name
Mammals	Canis lupus hodophilax	Japanese wolf
	Canis lupus hattai	Ezo wolf
	Zalophus californianus japonicus	Japanese sea lion
	Pteropus loochoensis	Okinawa flying fox (Okinawa fruit bat)
	Pipistrellus sturdeei	Bonin pipistrelle
Birds	Nycticorax caledonicus crassirostris	Rufous night heron (Ogasawara island subspecies)
	Tadorna cristata	Crested shelduck
	Poliolimnas cinereus brevipes	White-browed crake (Iwo islands sub-species)
	Columba jouyi	Ryukyu wood pigeon
	Columba versicolor	Bonin wood pigeon
	Halcyon miyakoensis	Miyako kingfisher
	Dryocopus javensis richardsi	White-bellied black woodpecker (Far east subspecies)
	Troglodytes troglodytes orii	Wren (Daito island subspecies)
	Turdus terrestris	Bonin island thrush
	Cettia diphone restrictus	Borodino bush warbler (Daito islands subspecies)
	Parus varius orii	Varied tit (Daito islands subspecies)
	Apalopteron familiare familiare	Bonin islands honeyeater (Mukoshima islands subspecies)
	Chaunoproctus ferreorostris	Bonin islands grosbeak
Brackish-water or fresh-water fishes	Oncorhynchus kawamurae
	Pungitius kaibarae
Insects	Ishikawatrechus intermedius
	Rakantrechus elegans

Vulnerable Species

	Scientific name	English name
Mammals	Lutra nippon	Japanese river otter
	Felis euptilura	Tsushima cat
	Mayailurus iriomotensis	Iriomote cat
Birds	Diomedea albatrus	Short-tailed albatross
	Phalacrocorax urile	Red-faced cormorant
	Ciconia ciconia boyciana	White stork (East Asiatic subspecies)
	Nipponia nippon	Japanese crested ibis
	Haliaeetus albicilla	White-tailed sea-eagle
	Buteo buteo toyoshimai	Buzzard (Ogasawara islands subuspecies)
	Buteo buteo oshiroi	Buzzard (Daito islands subspecies)
	Spizaetus nipalensis orientalis	Hodgson's hawk eagle (Japanese sub-species)
	Aquila chrysaetos japonica	Golden eagle (Japanese subspecies)
	Spilornis cheela perplexus	Crested serpent eagle (Ryukyu islands subspecies)
	Lagopus mutus japonicus	Ptarmigan (Japanese subspecies)
	Grus japonensis	Japanese crane (Red-crowned crane)
	Rallus okinawae	Okinawa rail
	Scolopax mira	Amami woodcock
	Uria aalge inornata	Guillemot, Common murre (Japanese sub-species)
	Lunda cirrhata	Tufted puffin
	Columba janthina stejnegeri	Japanese wood pigeon (Yaeyama islands subspecies)
	Columba janthina nitens	Japanese wood pigeon (Ogasawara and Iwo islands subspecies)
	Chalcophaps indica yamashinai	Emerald dove (Ryukyu islands subspecies)
	Ketupa blakistoni blakistoni	Blakiston's fish owl (Japanese sub-species)
	Sapheopipo noguchii	Pryer's woodpecker
	Dendrocopos Ieucotos owstoni	White-backed woodpecker (Amami-oshima subuspecies)
	Picoides tridactylus inouyei	Three-toed woodpecker (Japanese sub-species)
	Pitta brachyura nympha	Fairy pitta (East Asiatic subspecies)
	Turdus dauma amami	White's ground thrush (Amami-oshima subspecies)
	Apalopteron familiare hahasima	Bonin islands honeyeater (Hahajima islands subspecies)
	Carduelis sinica kittlitzi	Oriental greenfinch (Ogasawara and Iwo island subspecies)
Reptiles	Opisthotropis kikuzatoi	Kikuzato's brook-snake, Kikuzato's stream snake
Amphibians	Hynobius takedai	Hokuriku salamander
	Hynobius abei	Abe's salamander
Brackish-water or fresh-water fishes	Salvelinus japonicus
	Oncorhynchus ishikawai
	Oncorhynchus iwame
	Plecoglossus altivelis ryukyuensis
	Salanx ariakensis
	Neosalanx regani
	Aphyocypris chinensis
	Pseudorasbora pumila
	Acheilognathus longipinnis
	Rhodeus ocellatus smithii
	Rhodeus atremius suigensis
	Tanakia tanago
	Leptobotia curta
	Coreobagrus ichikawai
	Pseudobagrus
	Pungitius
Insects/galois insect order	Galloisiana notabilis
Insects/dragontfy order	Mortonagrion hirosei
	Libellula angelina
Insects/stinkbug order	Heterotrephes admorsus
	Asclepios shiranui
	Platypleura albivannata
Insects/cnidarian order	Cicindela bonina
	Chaetotrechiama procerus
	Rakantrechus lallum
	Rakantrechus mirabilis
	Awatrechus hygrobius
	Drypta fulveola
	Acilius kishii
	Dytiscus sharpi
	Quedius kiuchii
	Leptelmis gracilimus
	Cheirotonus jambar
	Macroplea mutica japana
Insects/fly order	Hydrotaea glabricula
Insects/butterfly order	Shijimia moorei
	Fabriciana nerippe
	Cymatophoropsis trimaculata
	Sinocharis korbae
Inland or fresh-water shellfishes	Ogasawarana metamorpha
	Ogasawarana yoshiwarana
	Ogasawarana hirasei
	Ogasawarana chichijimana
	Ogasawarana ogasawarana
	Ogasawarana discrepans
	Ogasawarana capsula
	Ogasawarana rex
	Ogasawarana nitida
	Ogasawarana habei
	Ogasawarana arata
	Nobuea kurodai
	Camptoceras terebra hirasei
	Colmenella rezvoji prashadi
	Mirus hachijoensis
	Neophaedusa spelaeonis
	Hirasea sinuosa
	Hirasea eutheca
	Hirasea insignis
	Hirasea hypolia
	Hirasea biconcava
	Hirasea diplomphalus
	Hirasea goniobasis
	Hirasea chichijimana
	Hirasea nesiotica
	Hirasea major
	Hirasea acutissima
	Hirasea (Fametesta)operculina
	Hirasea profundispira
	Hirasiella clara
	Euhadra nachicola
	Euhadra sadoensis
	Enhadra murayamai
	Euhadra scaevola mikawa
Other invertebrate animals	Compressalges nipponiae
	Epanerchodus acuticlivus
	Epanerchodus aster
	Cristatella mucedo

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