List of Critically Endangered species in Japan



This is a list of Critically Endangered species in Japan according to the IUCN Red List.

This list was last updated 2019-09-14

 

This list contains only species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List. It is therefore not representative of all the species in the country.

Species counts by country: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants.

scientific_namecommon_nametaxonidcategory
Luciogobius albus Cave Goby 12403 CR
Acipenser mikadoi Sakhalin Sturgeon 241 CR
Carex collifera 54081879 CR
Hynobius abei Abe's Salamander 10613 CR
Hynobius okiensis Oki Salamander 10616 CR
Goniurosaurus toyami Toyama's Ground Gecko 18917777 CR
Goniurosaurus yamashinae Yamashina's Ground Gecko 18917785 CR
Arisaema kawashimae 54081976 CR
Eviota ocellifer 114823717 CR
Cobitis takenoi Tango Stripe Spined Loach 122055219 CR
Cincinna kizakikoensis 188986 CR
Picea koyamae Koyama's Spruce 31290 CR
Indolestes boninensis 10820 CR
Eurya zigzag 73228912 CR
Chlorogomphus brunneus ssp. keramensis 4729 CR
Myotis yanbarensis Yanbaru Whiskered Bat 29484 CR
Ischnura ezoin 2875 CR
Boninthemis insularis 2882 CR
Ogasawarana chichijimana 15178 CR
Ogasawarana habei 15179 CR
Ogasawarana metamorpha 15181 CR
Ogasawarana rex 15182 CR
Ogasawarana yoshiwarana 15183 CR
Asarum tabatanum 62698341 CR
Arisaema heterocephalum subsp. okinawaense 54084606 CR
Asarum gusk 54141959 CR
Opisthotropis kikuzatoi Kikuzato's Brook Snake 15391 CR
Rhinocypha ogasawarensis 19511 CR
Oxygyne shinzatoi 22486125 CR
Viola amamiana 54080623 CR
Asarum monodoriflorum 54142129 CR
Asarum okinawense 54142204 CR
Asarum pellucidum 54142278 CR
Parabotia curtus Kissing Loach 11661 CR
Tokudaia muenninki Muennink's Spiny Rat 21972 CR
Murina tenebrosa Gloomy Tube-nosed Bat 13948 CR
Trochochlamys ogasawarana 22223 CR
Puffinus bryani Bryan's Shearwater 45354718 CR
Prionailurus bengalensis ssp. iriomotensis Iriomote Cat 18151 CR
Betula chichibuensis Chichibu Birch 194282 CR
Eisenia anzac 117372657 CR
Rhodeus ocellatus ssp. smithii Nippon Baratanago 40704 CR
Viola utchinensis 54081377 CR
Hucho perryi Sakhalin Taimen 61333 CR
Dendrocopos noguchii Okinawa Woodpecker 22681531 CR

 

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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups:
  • Extinct (EX) – beyond reasonable doubt that the species is no longer extant.
  • Extinct in the wild (EW) – survives only in captivity, cultivation and/or outside native range, as presumed after exhaustive surveys.
  • Critically endangered (CR) – in a particularly and extremely critical state.
  • Endangered (EN) – very high risk of extinction in the wild, meets any of criteria A to E for Endangered.
  • Vulnerable (VU) – meets one of the 5 red list criteria and thus considered to be at high risk of unnatural (human-caused) extinction without further human intervention.
  • Near threatened (NT) – close to being at high risk of extinction in the near future.
  • Least concern (LC) – unlikely to become extinct in the near future.
  • Data deficient (DD)
  • Not evaluated (NE)