List of Extinct species in Japan



This is a list of Extinct 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
Carpodacus ferreorostris Bonin Grosbeak 22720622 EX
Zoothera terrestris Bonin Thrush 22708535 EX
Columba versicolor Bonin Wood-Pigeon 22690218 EX
Columba jouyi Ryukyu Wood Pigeon 22690222 EX
Vitrinula chaunax 23033 EX
Vitrinula chichijimana 23034 EX
Vitrinula hahajimana 23035 EX
Zalophus japonicus Japanese Sea Lion 41667 EX
Gastrocopta chichijimana 8953 EX
Gastrocopta ogasawarana 8954 EX
Lamellidea monodonta 11196 EX
Lamellidea nakadai 11197 EX
Hirasea planulata 10182 EX

 

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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)