List of mammals of Japan, the Glossary

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1. 479 relations: Act on Conservation of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Japan), Agency for Cultural Affairs, Alashanian pipistrelle, Alexandromys, Amami Ōshima, Amami Islands, Amami rabbit, American mink, Amur hedgehog, Aomori Prefecture, Ape, Apodemus, Artiodactyl, Arvicolinae, Asian black bear, Asian house shrew, Asian lesser white-toothed shrew, Asian palm civet, Asian particolored bat, Asiatic water shrew, Awaji Island, Azumi shrew, Ōsumi Islands, Baird's beaked whale, Balaena, Balaenidae, Balaenoptera, Baleen whale, Barbastella, Bat, Bōsō Peninsula, Beaked whale, Bear, Bearded seal, Beluga whale, Berardius, Birdlike noctule, Black rat, Blainville's beaked whale, Blue whale, Bonin flying fox, Bonin Islands, Bottlenose dolphin, Bovidae, Bowhead whale, Brandt's bat, Brown bear, Brown rat, Bryde's whale, Bucknell University, ... Expand index (429 more) »

2. Lists of biota of Japan
3. Lists of mammals of Asia
4. Mammals of Japan

Act on Conservation of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Japan)

The is a Japanese law on nature conservation intended to protect rare species and ecosystems.

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Agency for Cultural Affairs

The is a special body of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).

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Alashanian pipistrelle

The Alashanian pipistrelle (Hypsugo alaschanicus) is a species of bat in the family Vespertilionidae.

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Alexandromys

Alexandromys is a genus of voles in the subfamily Arvicolinae, formerly a subgenus of the genus Microtus.

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Amami Ōshima

, also known as Amami, is the largest island in the Amami archipelago between Kyūshū and Okinawa.

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Amami Islands

The The name Amami-guntō was standardized on February 15, 2010.

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Amami rabbit

The Amami rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi), also known as the Ryukyu rabbit is a dark-furred species of rabbit which is only found on Amami Ōshima and Tokunoshima, two small islands between southern Kyūshū and Okinawa in Japan.

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American mink

The American mink (Neogale vison) is a semiaquatic species of mustelid native to North America, though human introduction has expanded its range to many parts of Europe, Asia, and South America.

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Amur hedgehog

The Amur hedgehog (Erinaceus amurensis), also called the Manchurian hedgehog, is a hedgehog similar to the European hedgehog in appearance and behaviour, although it is more lightly coloured.

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Aomori Prefecture

(a̠o̞mo̞ɾʲikẽ̞ɴ) is a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku region.

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Ape

Apes (collectively Hominoidea) are a clade of Old World simians native to sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia (though they were more widespread in Africa, most of Asia, and Europe in prehistory), which together with its sister group Cercopithecidae form the catarrhine clade, cladistically making them monkeys.

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Apodemus

Apodemus is a genus of Muridae (true mice and rats).

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Artiodactyl

Artiodactyls are placental mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla. Typically, they are ungulates which bear weight equally on two (an even number) of their five toes (the third and fourth, often in the form of a hoof).

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Arvicolinae

The Arvicolinae are a subfamily of rodents that includes the voles, lemmings, and muskrats.

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Asian black bear

The Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus), also known as the Indian black bear, Asiatic black bear, moon bear and white-chested bear, is a medium-sized bear species native to Asia that is largely adapted to an arboreal lifestyle.

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Asian house shrew

The Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus) is a shrew species native to South and Southeast Asia that has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2008 because of its large population and wide distribution.

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Asian lesser white-toothed shrew

The Asian lesser white-toothed shrew (Crocidura shantungensis) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae.

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Asian palm civet

The Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), also called common palm civet, toddy cat and musang, is a viverrid native to South and Southeast Asia.

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Asian particolored bat

The Asian parti-colored bat (Vespertilio sinensis) is a species of parti-coloured bat.

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Asiatic water shrew

The Asiatic water shrews are the members of the genus Chimarrogale.

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Awaji Island

is an island in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, in the eastern part of the Seto Inland Sea between the islands of Honshū and Shikoku.

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Azumi shrew

The Azumi shrew (Sorex hosonoi) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae.

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Ōsumi Islands

The is an archipelago in the Ryukyu Archipelago, and are the northernmost group of the Ryukyu Islands, The chain extends from the southern tip of Kyushu to Yakushima.

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Baird's beaked whale

Baird's beaked whale (Berardius bairdii), also known as the northern giant bottlenose whale, North Pacific bottlenose whale, giant four-toothed whale, northern four-toothed whale and the North Pacific four-toothed whale, is a species of whale from the genus Berardius.

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Balaena

Balaena is a genus of cetacean (whale) in the family Balaenidae.

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Balaenidae

Balaenidae is a family of whales of the parvorder Mysticeti (baleen whales) that contains mostly fossil taxa and two living genera: the right whale (genus Eubalaena), and the closely related bowhead whale (genus Balaena).

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Balaenoptera

Balaenoptera is a genus of rorquals containing eight extant species.

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Baleen whale

Baleen whales, also known as whalebone whales, are marine mammals of the parvorder Mysticeti in the infraorder Cetacea (whales, dolphins and porpoises), which use keratinaceous baleen plates (or "whalebone") in their mouths to sieve planktonic creatures from the water.

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Barbastella

Barbastella is a genus of vespertilionid bats.

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Bat

Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera.

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Bōsō Peninsula

The is a peninsula that encompasses the entirety of Chiba Prefecture on Honshu, the largest island of Japan.

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Beaked whale

Beaked whales (systematic name Ziphiidae) are a family of cetaceans noted as being one of the least-known groups of mammals because of their deep-sea habitat, reclusive behavior and apparent low abundance.

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Bear

Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae.

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Bearded seal

The bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus), also called the square flipper seal, is a medium-sized pinniped that is found in and near to the Arctic Ocean.

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Beluga whale

The beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is an Arctic and sub-Arctic cetacean.

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Berardius

The four-toothed whales or giant beaked whales are beaked whales in the genus Berardius.

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Birdlike noctule

The birdlike noctule (Nyctalus aviator) is a species of bat. List of mammals of Japan and birdlike noctule are mammals of Japan.

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Black rat

The black rat (Rattus rattus), also known as the roof rat, ship rat, or house rat, is a common long-tailed rodent of the stereotypical rat genus Rattus, in the subfamily Murinae.

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Blainville's beaked whale

Blainville's beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris), or the dense-beaked whale, is believed to be the widest ranging mesoplodont whale.

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Blue whale

The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal and a baleen whale.

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Bonin flying fox

The Bonin flying fox (Pteropus pselaphon), also known as Bonin fruit bat, is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae.

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Bonin Islands

The Bonin Islands, also known as the Ogasawara Islands (小笠原諸島), is a Japanese archipelago of over 30 subtropical and tropical islands located around SSE of Tokyo and northwest of Guam.

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Bottlenose dolphin

The bottlenose dolphin is a toothed whale in the genus Tursiops. They are common, cosmopolitan members of the family Delphinidae, the family of oceanic dolphins.

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Bovidae

The Bovidae comprise the biological family of cloven-hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes cattle, yaks, bison, buffalo, antelopes (including goat-antelopes), sheep and goats.

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Bowhead whale

The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) is a species of baleen whale belonging to the family Balaenidae and is the only living representative of the genus Balaena.

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Brandt's bat

Brandt's bat or Brandt's myotis (Myotis brandtii) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae.

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Brown bear

The brown bear (Ursus arctos) is a large bear native to Eurasia and North America.

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Brown rat

The brown rat (Rattus norvegicus), also known as the common rat, street rat, sewer rat, wharf rat, Hanover rat, Norway rat and Norwegian rat, is a widespread species of common rat.

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Bryde's whale

Bryde's whale, or the Bryde's whale complex, putatively comprises three species of rorqual and maybe four.

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Bucknell University

Bucknell University is a private liberal-arts college in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Cabinet of Japan

The is the chief executive body of the government of Japan.

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Callorhinus

Callorhinus is a genus of sea lion.

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Callosciurini

Callosciurini is a tribe of tree squirrels mainly found in southern Asia.

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Callosciurus

Callosciurus is a genus of squirrels collectively referred to as the "beautiful squirrels".

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Canidae

Canidae (from Latin, canis, "dog") is a biological family of dog-like carnivorans, colloquially referred to as dogs, and constitutes a clade.

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Caniformia

Caniformia is a suborder within the order Carnivora consisting of "dog-like" carnivorans.

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Canis

Canis is a genus of the Caninae which includes multiple extant species, such as wolves, dogs, coyotes, and golden jackals.

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Capricornus

Capricornus is one of the constellations of the zodiac.

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Caprinae

The subfamily Caprinae, also sometimes referred to as the tribe Caprini, is part of the ruminant family Bovidae, and consists of mostly medium-sized bovids.

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Captivity (animal)

Animal captivity is the confinement of domestic and wild animals.

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Capybara

The capybara or greater capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) is a giant cavy rodent native to South America.

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Carnivora

Carnivora is an order of placental mammals that have specialized in primarily eating flesh, whose members are formally referred to as carnivorans.

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Catarrhini

The parvorder Catarrhini (known commonly as catarrhine monkeys, Old World anthropoids, or Old World monkeys) consists of the Cercopithecoidea and apes (Hominoidea).

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Cervinae

The Cervinae or the Old World deer, are a subfamily of deer.

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Cervus

Cervus is a genus of deer that primarily are native to Eurasia, although one species occurs in northern Africa and another in North America.

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Cetacea

Cetacea is an infraorder of aquatic mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla that includes whales, dolphins and porpoises.

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Chiba Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu.

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Clethrionomys

Clethrionomys is a genus of small, slender voles.

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Commensalism

Commensalism is a long-term biological interaction (symbiosis) in which members of one species gain benefits while those of the other species neither benefit nor are harmed.

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Common bent-wing bat

The common bent-wing bat (Miniopterus schreibersii), also known as the Schreibers's long-fingered bat or Schreibers's bat, is a species of insectivorous bat. List of mammals of Japan and common bent-wing bat are mammals of Japan.

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Common bottlenose dolphin

The common bottlenose dolphin or Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is one of three species of bottlenose dolphin in the genus Tursiops.

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Common dolphin

The common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) is the most abundant cetacean in the world, with a global population of about six million.

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Common minke whale

The common minke whale or northern minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) is a species of minke whale within the suborder of baleen whales.

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Common noctule

The common noctule (Nyctalus noctula) is a species of insectivorous bat common throughout Europe, Asia, and North Africa.

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Conservation status

The conservation status of a group of organisms (for instance, a species) indicates whether the group still exists and how likely the group is to become extinct in the near future.

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Craseomys

Craseomys is a genus of small, slender voles.

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Cricetidae

The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea.

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Critically Endangered

An IUCN Red List Critically Endangered (CR or sometimes CE) species is one that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

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Crocidura

The genus Crocidura is one of nine genera of the shrew subfamily Crocidurinae.

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Cultural Property (Japan)

A is administered by the Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology), and includes tangible properties (structures and works of art or craft); intangible properties (performing arts and craft techniques); folk properties both tangible and intangible; monuments historic, scenic and natural; cultural landscapes; and groups of traditional buildings.

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Cuvier's beaked whale

Cuvier's beaked whale, goose-beaked whale, or ziphius (Ziphius cavirostris) is the most widely distributed of all beaked whales in the family Ziphiidae.

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Daitō Islands

The are an archipelago consisting of three isolated coral islands in the Philippine Sea southeast of Okinawa.

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Dall's porpoise

Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) is a species of porpoise endemic to the North Pacific. List of mammals of Japan and Dall's porpoise are mammals of Japan.

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Daubenton's bat

Daubenton's bat or Daubenton's myotis (Myotis daubentonii) is a Eurasian bat with rather short ears.

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Dōgojima

is one of the Oki Islands in the Sea of Japan.

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Deer

A deer (deer) or true deer is a hoofed ruminant ungulate of the family Cervidae (informally the deer family).

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Diplothrix

Diplothrix is a genus of two species of rodents in the family Muridae.

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Domestication of vertebrates

The domestication of vertebrates is the mutual relationship between vertebrate animals including birds and mammals, and the humans who have influence on their care and reproduction.

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Don E. Wilson

Don Ellis Wilson (born April 30, 1944, in Davis, Oklahoma) is an American zoologist.

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Dormouse

A dormouse is a rodent of the family Gliridae (this family is also variously called Myoxidae or Muscardinidae by different taxonomists).

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Dsinezumi shrew

The Dsinezumi shrew (Crocidura dsinezumi), also known as the Japanese white-toothed shrew, is a species of musk shrew found in Japan and on Korea's Jeju Island. List of mammals of Japan and dsinezumi shrew are mammals of Japan.

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Dugong

The dugong (Dugong dugon) is a marine mammal.

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Dugongidae

Dugongidae is a family in the order of Sirenia.

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Dwarf sperm whale

The dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima) is a sperm whale that inhabits temperate and tropical oceans worldwide, in particular continental shelves and slopes.

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Eared seal

An eared seal, otariid, or otary is any member of the marine mammal family Otariidae, one of three groupings of pinnipeds.

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Earless seal

The earless seals, phocids, or true seals are one of the three main groups of mammals within the seal lineage, Pinnipedia.

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East Asian free-tailed bat

The East Asian free-tailed bat (Tadarida insignis) was formerly considered to belong to the same species as the European free-tailed bat.

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Eastern barbastelle

The eastern barbastelle or Asian barbastelle (Barbastella darjelingensis) is a species of vesper bat found throughout much of Asia, from Afghanistan to Taiwan.

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Eastern bent-wing bat

The eastern bent-wing bat (Miniopterus fuliginosus) is a species of vesper bat in the family Miniopteridae.

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Eastern long-fingered bat

The eastern long-fingered bat, or big-footed myotis (Myotis macrodactylus) is a species of vesper bat found in China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, and Russia.

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Eastern water bat

The eastern water bat or Sakhalin bat (Myotis petax) is a species of mouse-eared bat.

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Echigo mole

The Echigo mole (Mogera etigo) is an endangered species of mammal in the family Talpidae.

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Echimyidae

Echimyidae is the family of neotropical spiny rats and their fossil relatives.

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Echimyinae

Echimyinae is a subfamily of rodents belonging to the spiny rats family Echimyidae.

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Elephant seal

Elephant seals or sea elephants are very large, oceangoing earless seals in the genus Mirounga.

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Endangered species

An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction.

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Endangered Species (Japan)

In the context of the conservation of endangered species in Japan, and the list below, are those designated by Cabinet order in accordance with the 1992 Act on Conservation of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.

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Endemism

Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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Endo's pipistrelle

Endo's pipistrelle (Pipistrellus endoi) is a species of vesper bat that is endemic to Japan.

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Eptesicus

Eptesicus is a genus of bats, commonly called house bats or serotine bats, in the family Vespertilionidae.

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Erinaceidae

Erinaceidae is a family in the order Eulipotyphla, consisting of the hedgehogs and moonrats.

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Erinaceus

Erinaceus is a genus of hedgehog from the family of Erinaceidae.

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Eschrichtiidae

Eschrichtiidae or the gray whales is a family of baleen whale (Parvorder Mysticeti) with a single extant species, the gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), as well as three described fossil genera: Archaeschrichtius and Eschrichtioides from the Miocene and Pliocene of Italy respectively, and Gricetoides from the Pliocene of North Carolina.

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Eschrichtius

Eschrichtius is a genus of baleen whale containing two species: the gray whale (E. robustus) and the extinct Akishima whale (E. akishimaensis).

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Eulipotyphla

Eulipotyphla (which means "truly fat and blind") is an order of mammals suggested by molecular methods of phylogenetic reconstruction, which includes the laurasiatherian members of the now-invalid polyphyletic order Lipotyphla, but not the afrotherian members (tenrecs, golden moles, and otter shrews, now in their own order Afrosoricida).

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Eurasian harvest mouse

The harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) is a small rodent native to Europe and Asia. List of mammals of Japan and Eurasian harvest mouse are mammals of Japan.

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Eurasian least shrew

The Eurasian least shrew (Sorex minutissimus), also called the lesser pygmy shrew, is the second-smallest mammal by mass after the Etruscan shrew.

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Eurasian lynx

The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) is one of the four extant species within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx.

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Eurasian otter

The Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra), also known as the European otter, Eurasian river otter, European river otter, common otter, and Old World otter, is a semiaquatic mammal native to Eurasia and Maghreb.

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European free-tailed bat

The European free-tailed bat (Tadarida teniotis, sometimes given as Tadarida insignis) is a species of free-tailed bat found in the Old World.

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European rabbit

The European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) or coney is a species of rabbit native to the Iberian Peninsula (Spain, Portugal and Andorra), western France, and the northern Atlas Mountains in northwest Africa.

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Euroscaptor

Euroscaptor is a genus of mammal in the family Talpidae.

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Eutamias

Eutamias is a genus of chipmunks within the tribe Marmotini of the squirrel family.

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Extinction

Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.

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Ezo chipmunk

The Ezo chipmunk is a subspecies or local population of the Siberian chipmunk; it is found in what was once known as Ezo, namely Hokkaidō, Japan, and Sakhalin and the Southern Kuriles, Russia. List of mammals of Japan and Ezo chipmunk are mammals of Japan.

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Ezo flying squirrel

The Ezo flying squirrel (Pteromys volans orii) or Ezo-momonga (エゾモモンガ) is a subspecies of the Siberian flying squirrel.

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Ezo red fox

The Ezo red fox (Vulpes vulpes schrencki) is a subspecies of red fox widely distributed in Hokkaido, Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands and the surrounding islands of Japan.

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False killer whale

The false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) is a species of oceanic dolphin that is the only extant representative of the genus Pseudorca.

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Far Eastern myotis

The Far Eastern myotis or bombinus bat (Myotis bombinus) is a species of mouse-eared bat found in East Asia.

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Felidae

Felidae is the family of mammals in the order Carnivora colloquially referred to as cats.

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Feliformia

Feliformia is a suborder within the order Carnivora consisting of "cat-like" carnivorans, including cats (large and small), hyenas, mongooses, viverrids, and related taxa.

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Felinae

Felinae is a subfamily of the Felidae and comprises the small cats having a bony hyoid, because of which they are able to purr but not roar.

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Feral

A feral animal or plant is one that lives in the wild but is descended from domesticated individuals.

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Fin whale

The fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), also known as the finback whale or common rorqual, is a species of baleen whale and the second-longest cetacean after the blue whale. The biggest individual reportedly measured in length, with a maximum recorded weight of 77 to 81 tonnes.

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Finless porpoise

Neophocaena is a genus of porpoise native to the Indian and Pacific oceans, as well as the freshwater habitats of the Yangtze River basin in China.

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Flying squirrel

Flying squirrels (scientifically known as Pteromyini or Petauristini) are a tribe of 50 species of squirrels in the family Sciuridae.

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Formosan rock macaque

The Formosan rock macaque (Macaca cyclopis), also known as the Formosan rock monkey or Taiwanese macaque, is a macaque endemic to the island of Taiwan, which has also been introduced to Japan. List of mammals of Japan and Formosan rock macaque are mammals of Japan.

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Fraser's dolphin

Fraser's dolphin or the Sarawak dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) is a cetacean in the family Delphinidae found in deep waters in the Pacific Ocean and to a lesser extent in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans.

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Fraternal myotis

The fraternal myotis (Myotis frater) is a species of vesper bat native to East Asia.

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Free-tailed bat

The Molossidae, or free-tailed bats, are a family of bats within the order Chiroptera.

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Frosted myotis

The frosted myotis (クロホオヒゲコウモリ in Japanese) (Myotis pruinosus) is a species of vesper bat.

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Fukue Island

is the largest and southernmost of the Gotō Islands in Japan.

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Fukushima Prefecture

Fukushima Prefecture (Fukushima-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu.

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Gifu Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu.

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Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale

The ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens) is a poorly known species of whale even for a beaked whale, and was named for the unusual shape of its dual teeth.

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Glirinae

The Glirinae are a subfamily of dormice (Gliridae); it contains two extant genera, one being monotypic and the other containing two species: Subfamily Glirinae.

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Glirulus

Glirulus is a genus of dormouse.

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Gloomy tube-nosed bat

The gloomy tube-nosed bat (Murina tenebrosa) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae.

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Gray whale

The gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), also known as the grey whale,Britannica Micro.: v. IV, p. 693.

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Greater horseshoe bat

The greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum) is an insectivorous bat of the genus Rhinolophus.

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Greater tube-nosed bat

The greater tube-nosed bat (Murina leucogaster) is a species of bat.

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Grey red-backed vole

The grey red-backed vole or the grey-sided vole (Craseomys rufocanus) is a species of vole. List of mammals of Japan and grey red-backed vole are mammals of Japan.

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Ground squirrel

Ground squirrels are rodents of the squirrel family (Sciuridae) that generally live on the ground or in burrows, rather than in trees like the tree squirrels.

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Gymnure

Gymnures, also called hairy hedgehogs or moonrats, are mammals belonging to the subfamily Galericinae, in the family Erinaceidae and the order Eulipotyphla.

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Hahajima

Hahajima, Haha Jima, or is the second-largest island within the Bonin or Ogasawara Islands SSE of the Japanese Home Islands.

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Haplorhini

Haplorhini, the haplorhines (Greek for "simple-nosed") or the "dry-nosed" primates is a suborder of primates containing the tarsiers and the simians (Simiiformes or anthropoids), as sister of the Strepsirrhini ("moist-nosed").

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Harbor seal

The harbor (or harbour) seal (Phoca vitulina), also known as the common seal, is a true seal found along temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the Northern Hemisphere.

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Harbour porpoise

The harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is one of eight extant species of porpoise.

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Hare

Hares and jackrabbits are mammals belonging to the genus Lepus.

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Hedgehog

A hedgehog is a spiny mammal of the subfamily Erinaceinae, in the eulipotyphlan family Erinaceidae.

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Hilgendorf's tube-nosed bat

Hilgendorf's tube-nosed bat (Murina hilgendorfi) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae.

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Himalayan water shrew

The Himalayan water shrew (Chimarrogale himalayica) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae.

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Hipposideridae

The Hipposideridae are a family of bats commonly known as the Old World leaf-nosed bats.

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Hipposideros

Hipposideros is one of the most diverse genera of bats, with more than 70 species.

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Hodgson's bat

Hodgson's bat (Myotis formosus), also called the copper-winged bat or black-and-orange myotis, is a species of vesper bat in the genus Myotis, the mouse-eared bats.

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Hokkaido

is the second-largest island of Japan and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region.

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Hokkaido red-backed vole

The Hokkaido red-backed vole (Craseomys rex) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.

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Hokkaido wolf

The Hokkaido wolf (Canis lupus hattai), also known as the and in Russia as the Sakhalin wolf,Heptner, V. G. & Naumov, N., P. (1998), Science Publishers, Inc., USA, pp.

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Honshu

, historically called, is the largest and most populous island of Japan.

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Horseshoe bat

Horseshoe bats are bats in the family Rhinolophidae.

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Horsfield's shrew

Horsfield's shrew (Crocidura horsfieldii) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae found in Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Laos, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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House mouse

The house mouse (Mus musculus) is a small mammal of the order Rodentia, characteristically having a pointed snout, large rounded ears, and a long and almost hairless tail.

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Hubbs' beaked whale

Hubbs' beaked whale (Mesoplodon carlhubbsi) was initially thought to be an Andrews' beaked whale when discovered by ichthyologist Carl Hubbs; however, it was named in his honor when it was discovered to be a new species.

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Human

Humans (Homo sapiens, meaning "thinking man") or modern humans are the most common and widespread species of primate, and the last surviving species of the genus Homo.

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Humpback whale

The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale.

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Hypsugo

The genus Hypsugo contains many bats referred to as pipistrelles or pipistrelle bats (not to be confused with the genus Pipistrellus).

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Hystricomorpha

Hystricomorpha (from Greek ὕστριξ, hystrix 'porcupine' and Greek μορφή, morphē 'form') is a term referring to families and orders of rodents which has had many definitions throughout its history.

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Ibaraki Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu.

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Ikonnikov's bat

Ikonnikov's bat (Myotis ikonnikovi) is a species of vesper bat.

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Imaizumi's horseshoe bat

Imaizumi's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus imaizumii) is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae.

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Incisor

Incisors (from Latin incidere, "to cut") are the front teeth present in most mammals.

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Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin

The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) is a species of bottlenose dolphin.

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International Union for Conservation of Nature

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.

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Introduced species

An introduced species, alien species, exotic species, adventive species, immigrant species, foreign species, non-indigenous species, or non-native species is a species living outside its native distributional range, but which has arrived there by human activity, directly or indirectly, and either deliberately or accidentally.

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Iriomote cat

The Iriomote cat (Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis) is a subspecies of the leopard cat that lives exclusively on the Japanese island of Iriomote.

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Iriomote Island

is the largest of the Yaeyama Islands of Japan, and the second largest in Okinawa Prefecture after Okinawa Island itself.

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Ishikawa Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu island.

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Iturup

Iturup (Итуру́п; 択捉島), also historically known by other names, is an island in the Kuril Archipelago separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the North Pacific Ocean.

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IUCN Red List

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is an inventory of the global conservation status and extinction risk of biological species.

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Izu Ōshima

is an inhabited volcanic island in the Izu archipelago in the Philippine Sea, off the coast of Honshu, Japan, east of the Izu Peninsula and southwest of Bōsō Peninsula.

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Izu Peninsula

The is a large mountainous peninsula with a deeply indented coastline to the west of Tokyo on the Pacific coast of the island of Honshu, Japan.

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Japanese badger

The Japanese badger (Meles anakuma) is a species of carnivoran of the family Mustelidae, the weasels and their kin.

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Japanese black bear

The Japanese black bear (Ursus thibetanus japonicus) is a subspecies of the Asian black bear that lives on two main islands of Japan: Honshu and Shikoku. List of mammals of Japan and Japanese black bear are mammals of Japan.

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Japanese boar

The Japanese boar (Sus scrofa leucomystax), also known as the white-moustached pig,von Siebold, P. F. (1842),, Volume 1, Müller, pp.

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Japanese dormouse

The Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus) is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae endemic to Japan.

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Japanese dwarf flying squirrel

The Japanese dwarf flying squirrel (Pteromys momonga; Japanese: ニホンモモンガ, Hepburn: Nihon momonga) is one of two species of Old World flying squirrels in the genus Pteromys.

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Japanese giant flying squirrel

The is a species of flying squirrel, one of the giant flying squirrels in the genus Petaurista.

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Japanese grass vole

The Japanese grass vole (Alexandromys montebelli) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.

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Japanese hare

The Japanese hare (Lepus brachyurus) is a species of hare endemic to Japan.

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Japanese house bat

The Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus), also known as Japanese pipistrelle, is a species of vesper bat. List of mammals of Japan and Japanese house bat are mammals of Japan.

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Japanese long-eared bat

The Japanese long-eared bat (Plecotus sacrimontis) is a species of vesper bat endemic to Japan, where it is found in Hokkaido, Honshu and Shikoku.

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Japanese macaque

The Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata), also known as the snow monkey, is a terrestrial Old World monkey species that is native to Japan.

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Japanese marten

The Japanese marten (Martes melampus) is a marten species endemic to Japan.

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Japanese mole

The Japanese mole (Mogera wogura), also known as Temminck's mole, is a species of mole endemic to Japan.

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Japanese mountain mole

The Japanese mountain mole (Oreoscaptor mizura) is a species of Old World mole in the family Talpidae.

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Japanese noctule

The Japanese noctule (Nyctalus furvus) is a species of bat belonging to the family Vespertilionidae.

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Japanese otter

The (Lutra nippon) or Japanese river otter is an extinct species of otter formerly widespread in Japan. Dating back to the 1880s, it was once even seen in Tokyo. The population suddenly shrank in the 1930s and nearly vanished. Since then, it has only been spotted in 1964 in the Seto Inland Sea, and in the Uwa Sea in 1972 and 1973.

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Japanese raccoon dog

The Japanese raccoon dog (Nyctereutes viverrinus), also known by its Japanese name tanuki, is a species of canid endemic to Japan.

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Japanese Red List

The Japanese is the Japanese domestic counterpart to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

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Japanese red-backed vole

The Japanese red-backed vole, Wakayama red-backed vole, or Anderson's red-backed vole (Craseomys andersoni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.

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Japanese sea lion

The Japanese sea lion (Zalophus japonicus) (translit) was an aquatic mammal that became extinct in the 1970s. List of mammals of Japan and Japanese sea lion are mammals of Japan.

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Japanese serow

The (Capricornis crispus) (羚羊) is a Japanese goat-antelope, an even-toed ungulate.

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Japanese short-tailed bat

The Japanese short-tailed bat (Eptesicus japonensis) is a species of bat belonging to the family Vespertilionidae.

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Japanese shrew mole

The Japanese shrew mole (Urotrichus talpoides) or is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae.

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Japanese squirrel

The Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis) is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus endemic to Japan.

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Japanese water shrew

The Japanese water shrew (Chimarrogale platycephalus), also called the flat-headed water shrew, is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae.

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Japanese weasel

The Japanese weasel (Mustela itatsi) is a carnivorous mammal belonging to the genus Mustela in the family Mustelidae.

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Japanese wolf

The Japanese wolf (ニホンオオカミ（日本狼）, Nihon ōkami, or 山犬, yamainu; Canis lupus hodophilax), also known as the Honshū wolf, is an extinct subspecies of the gray wolf that was once endemic to the islands of Honshū, Shikoku and Kyūshū in the Japanese archipelago.

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Jeju Island

Jeju Island (Jeju/) is South Korea's largest island, covering an area of, which is 1.83% of the total area of the country.

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Johns Hopkins University Press

Johns Hopkins University Press (also referred to as JHU Press or JHUP) is the publishing division of Johns Hopkins University.

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Kagoshima

, officially, is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

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Kagoshima Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu and the Ryukyu Islands.

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Kōchi Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku.

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Kenbokki Island

is an uninhabited island in Hamanaka, Hokkaidō, Japan.

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Kerama deer

The Kerama deer (also Kerama Sika) is an endangered subspecies of the Sika deer native to the Kerama Islands.

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Kogia

Kogia is a genus of toothed whales within the superfamily Physeteroidea comprising two extant and two extinct species from the Neogene.

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Kogiidae

Kogiidae is a family comprising at least two extant species of Cetacea, the pygmy (''Kogia breviceps)'' and dwarf (''K. sima)'' sperm whales.

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Korean field mouse

The Korean field mouse (Apodemus peninsulae), also known as the Korean wood mouse, is a species of mouse. List of mammals of Japan and Korean field mouse are mammals of Japan.

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Kuchinoerabu-jima

, is one of the Satsunan Islands, usually classed with the Ōsumi Islands belonging to Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

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Kunashir

Kunashir Island (Kunashír; Kunashiri-tō; translit), possibly meaning Black Island or Grass Island in Ainu, is the southernmost island of the Kuril Archipelago.

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Kyushu

is the third-largest island of Japan's four main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands (i.e. excluding Okinawa).

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La Touche's free-tailed bat

The La Touche's free-tailed bat (Tadarida latouchei) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae.

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Lagomorpha

The lagomorphs are the members of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha, of which there are two living families: the Leporidae (rabbits and hares) and the Ochotonidae (pikas).

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Large Japanese field mouse

The large Japanese field mouse (Apodemus speciosus) is a nocturnal species of rodent in the family Muridae.

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Laxmann's shrew

Laxmann's shrew (Sorex caecutiens), or the masked shrew, is a species of shrew.

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Least weasel

The least weasel (Mustela nivalis), little weasel, common weasel, or simply weasel is the smallest member of the genus Mustela, family Mustelidae and order Carnivora.

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Lemur

Lemurs (from Latin lemures – "ghosts" or "spirits") are wet-nosed primates of the superfamily Lemuroidea, divided into 8 families and consisting of 15 genera and around 100 existing species.

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Leopard

The leopard (Panthera pardus) is one of the five extant species in the genus Panthera.

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Leopard cat

The leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) is a small wild cat native to continental South, Southeast, and East Asia. List of mammals of Japan and leopard cat are mammals of Japan.

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Leporidae

Leporidae is the family of rabbits and hares, containing over 70 species of extant mammals in all.

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Lesser great leaf-nosed bat

The lesser great leaf-nosed bat or lesser roundleaf bat (Hipposideros turpis) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae.

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Lesser Ryukyu shrew

The lesser Ryukyu shrew, or Watase's shrew (Crocidura watasei) is a common species of shrews that is endemic to Japan.

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Lesser white-toothed shrew

The lesser white-toothed shrew (Crocidura suaveolens) is a small species of shrew with a widespread distribution in Africa, Asia and Europe.

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Liancourt Rocks

The Liancourt Rocks, also known by their Korean name of Dokdo or their Japanese name of Takeshima, are a group of islets in the Sea of Japan between the Korean peninsula and the Japanese archipelago administered by South Korea.

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List of chordate orders

This article contains a list of all of the classes and orders that are located in the Phylum Chordata.

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List of mammals described in the 2000s

Although the mammals are well studied in comparison to other animal groups, new species are still being discovered.

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List of prehistoric mammals

This is an incomplete list of prehistoric mammals.

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Lists of mammals by region

Lists of mammals by region cover mammals found in different parts of the world.

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Little Japanese horseshoe bat

The little Japanese horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus cornutus) is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae.

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Long-clawed shrew

The long-clawed shrew (Sorex unguiculatus) is a species of shrew.

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Lorisoidea

Lorisoidea is a superfamily of nocturnal primates found throughout Africa and Asia.

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Lutra

Lutra is a genus of otters, one of seven in the subfamily Lutrinae.

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Lynx

A lynx (lynx or lynxes) is any of the four extant species (the Canada lynx, Iberian lynx, Eurasian lynx and the bobcat) within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx.

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Macaque

The macaques constitute a genus (Macaca) of gregarious Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae.

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Mammal

A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia.

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Mammal classification

Mammalia is a class of animal within the phylum Chordata.

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Mammal Society of Japan

The is a Japanese society established in 1987 to promote the study of mammals.

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Marten

A marten is a weasel-like mammal in the genus Martes within the subfamily Guloninae, in the family Mustelidae.

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Masked palm civet

The masked palm civet (Paguma larvata), also called the gem-faced civet or Himalayan palm civet, is a viverrid species native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. List of mammals of Japan and masked palm civet are mammals of Japan.

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Megabat

Megabats constitute the family Pteropodidae of the order Chiroptera (bats).

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Meles (genus)

Meles is a genus of badgers containing four living species known as Eurasian badgers, the Japanese badger (Meles anakuma), Asian badger (Meles leucurus), Caucasian badger (Meles canescens) and European badger (Meles meles).

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Melon-headed whale

The melon-headed whale (Peponocephala electra), also known less commonly as the electra dolphin, little killer whale, or many-toothed blackfish, is a toothed whale of the oceanic dolphin family (Delphinidae).

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Mesoplodon

Mesoplodont whales are 16 species of toothed whale in the genus Mesoplodon, making it the largest genus in the cetacean order.

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Micromys

Micromys is a genus of small rodents in the subfamily Murinae.

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Miniopterus

Miniopterus, known as the bent-winged or long winged bats, is the sole genus of the family Miniopteridae.

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Ministry of the Environment (Japan)

The is a Cabinet-level ministry of the government of Japan responsible for global environmental conservation, pollution control, and nature conservation.

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Miyako-jima

is the largest and the most populous island among the Miyako Islands of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Miyazaki Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū.

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Mogera

Mogera is a genus of mole in the tribe Talpini.

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Mole (animal)

Moles are small mammals adapted to a subterranean lifestyle.

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Mongoose

A mongoose is a small terrestrial carnivorous mammal belonging to the family Herpestidae.

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Monkey

Monkey is a common name that may refer to most mammals of the infraorder Simiiformes, also known as the simians.

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Monodontidae

The cetacean family Monodontidae comprises two living whale species, the narwhal and the beluga whale and at least four extinct species, known from the fossil record.

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Monuments of Japan

is a collective term used by the Japanese government's Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties to denote Cultural Properties of JapanIn this article, capitals indicate an official designation as opposed to a simple definition, e.g "Cultural Properties" as opposed to "cultural properties".

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Mountain hare

The mountain hare (Lepus timidus), also known as blue hare, tundra hare, variable hare, white hare, snow hare, alpine hare, and Irish hare, is a species of Palearctic hare that is largely adapted to polar and mountainous habitats. List of mammals of Japan and mountain hare are mammals of Japan.

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Mouse-eared bat

The mouse-eared bats or myotises are a diverse and widespread genus (Myotis) of bats within the family Vespertilionidae.

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Muennink's spiny rat

Muennink's spiny rat or Okinawa spiny rat (Tokudaia muenninki, or) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

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Muntjac

Muntjacs, also known as the barking deer or rib-faced deer, (URL is Google Books) are small deer of the genus Muntiacus native to South Asia and Southeast Asia. List of mammals of Japan and Muntjac are mammals of Japan.

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Muridae

The Muridae, or murids, are either the largest or second-largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 870 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia.

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Murina

Murina is a genus of vesper bats.

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Murinae

The Old World rats and mice, part of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae, comprise at least 519 species.

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Murininae

The Murininae are a subfamily of bats in the family Vespertilionidae.

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Mus (genus)

The genus Mus or typical mice refers to a specific genus of muroid rodents, all typically called mice (the adjective "muroid" comes from the word "Muroidea", which is a large superfamily of rodents, including mice, rats, voles, hamsters, gerbils, and many other relatives), though the term can be used for other rodents.

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Muskrat

The muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) is a medium-sized semiaquatic rodent native to North America and an introduced species in parts of Europe, Asia and South America.

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Mustelidae

The Mustelidae (from Latin, weasel) are a diverse family of carnivoran mammals, including weasels, badgers, otters, polecats, martens, grisons, and wolverines.

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Myocastor

Myocastor is a genus of rodent that contains the living nutria (or coypu), as well as several fossil species.

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Myomorpha

The suborder Myomorpha contains 1,524 species of mouse-like rodents, nearly a quarter of all mammal species.

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Myotinae

Myotinae is a subfamily of vesper bats.

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Nagano Prefecture

is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū.

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Nagasaki Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū.

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Nara (city)

is the capital city of Nara Prefecture, Japan.

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Natterer's bat

Natterer's bat (Myotis nattereri) is a European vespertilionid bat with pale wings.

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Natural monument

A natural monument is a natural or cultural feature of outstanding or unique value because of its inherent rarity, representative of aesthetic qualities, or cultural significance.

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Near-threatened species

A near-threatened species is a species which has been categorized as "Near Threatened" (NT) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as that may be vulnerable to endangerment in the near future, but it does not currently qualify for the threatened status.

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Nectogalini

Nectogalini is a tribe of Old World water shrews within the family Soricidae.

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Neogale

Neogale is a genus of mustelid native to the Americas, ranging from Alaska south to Bolivia.

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Niigata Prefecture

is a prefecture in the Chūbu region of Honshu of Japan.

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North Pacific right whale

The North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica) is a very large, thickset baleen whale species that is extremely rare and endangered.

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Northern bat

The northern bat (Eptesicus nilssonii) is the most abundant species of bat in northern Eurasia occurring from France to Hokkaidō and south to Kazakhstan.

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Northern elephant seal

The northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) is one of two species of elephant seal (the other is the southern elephant seal).

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Northern fur seal

The northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) is an eared seal found along the north Pacific Ocean, the Bering Sea, and the Sea of Okhotsk.

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Northern pika

The northern pika (Ochotona hyperborea) is a species of pika found across mountainous regions of northern Asia, from the Ural Mountains to northern Japan and south through Mongolia, Manchuria and northern Korea. List of mammals of Japan and northern pika are mammals of Japan.

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Northern red-backed vole

The northern red-backed vole (Clethrionomys rutilus) is a small slender vole found in Alaska, northern Canada, Scandinavia and northern Russia.

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Northern right whale dolphin

The northern right whale dolphin (Lissodelphis borealis) is a small, slender species of cetacean found in the cold and temperate waters of the North Pacific Ocean.

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Notojima

is a volcanic island in the Nanao Bay portion of the Sea of Japan, less than 500 meters off the coast of the Ishikawa prefecture in Japan.

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Nutria

The nutria or coypu (Myocastor coypus) is a herbivorous, semiaquatic rodent from South America.

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Nyctalus

Nyctalus is a genus of vespertilionid bats commonly known as the noctule bats.

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Nyctereutes

Nyctereutes (Greek: nyx, nykt- "night" + ereutēs "wanderer") is a genus of canid which includes only two extant species, both known as raccoon dogs: the common raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) and the Japanese raccoon dog (Nyctereutes viverrinus).

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Oceanic dolphin

Oceanic dolphins or Delphinidae are a widely distributed family of dolphins that live in the sea.

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Odawara

is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Okinawa flying fox

The Okinawa flying fox (Pteropus loochoensis) is a species of megabat in the genus Pteropus.

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Okinawa Island

, officially, is the largest of the Okinawa Islands and the Ryukyu (Nansei) Islands of Japan in the Kyushu region.

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Okinawa Prefecture

is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan.

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Okushiri Island

is an island in Hokkaidō, Japan.

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Old World flying squirrel

Commonly referred to as the Old World flying squirrels, the genus Pteromys is distributed across temperate Eurasia, the Korean Peninsula and Japan.

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Old World monkey

Old World monkeys are primates in the family Cercopithecidae.

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Omura's whale

Omura's whale or the dwarf fin whale (Balaenoptera omurai) is a species of rorqual about which very little is known.

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Orca

The orca (Orcinus orca), or killer whale, is a toothed whale that is the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family.

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Orcinus

Orcinus is a genus of Delphinidae, the family of carnivorous marine mammals known as dolphins.

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Oryctolagus

Oryctolagus is a genus of lagomorph that today contains the European rabbit and its descendant, the domestic rabbit, as well as several fossil species.

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Pacific white-sided dolphin

The Pacific white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens), also known as the hookfin porpoise, is an active dolphin found in the cool or temperate waters of the North Pacific Ocean.

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Pallas's squirrel

Pallas's squirrel (Callosciurus erythraeus), also known as the red-bellied tree squirrel, is a species of squirrel native to China, Taiwan, India, and Southeast Asia.

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Panthera

Panthera is a genus within the family Felidae, and one of two extant genera in the subfamily Pantherinae.

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Pantherinae

The Pantherinae is a subfamily of the Felidae; it was named and first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1917 as only including the Panthera species, but later also came to include the clouded leopards (genus Neofelis).

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Pantropical spotted dolphin

The pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata) is a species of dolphin found in all the world's temperate and tropical oceans.

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Paradoxurus

Paradoxurus is a genus of three palm civets within the viverrid family that was denominated and first described by Frédéric Cuvier in 1822.

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Parti-coloured bat

The parti-coloured bat or rearmouse (Vespertilio murinus) is a species of vesper bat that lives in temperate Eurasia, from Western and Southern Europe, eastwards over the Caucasus and Iran into Mongolia, north-east China, Korea, Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.

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Perissodactyla

Perissodactyla is an order of ungulates.

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Petaurista

Petaurista is a genus of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

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Phoca

Phoca is a genus of the earless seals, within the family Phocidae.

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Phocoena

Phocoena is a genus of porpoises with four extant species.

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Physeter

Physeter is a genus of toothed whales.

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Physeteroidea

Physeteroidea is a superfamily that includes three extant species of whales: the sperm whale, in the genus Physeter, and the pygmy sperm whale and dwarf sperm whale, in the genus Kogia.

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Pig

The pig (Sus domesticus), also called swine (swine) or hog, is an omnivorous, domesticated, even-toed, hoofed mammal.

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Pika

A pika is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America.

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Pilot whale

Pilot whales are cetaceans belonging to the genus Globicephala.

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Pipistrellus

Pipistrellus is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae and subfamily Vespertilioninae.

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Plecotus

Plecotus is a genus of vesper bat, commonly called long-eared bats.

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Polynesian rat

The Polynesian rat, Pacific rat or little rat (Rattus exulans), known to the Māori as kiore, is the third most widespread species of rat in the world behind the brown rat and black rat.

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Porpoise

Porpoises are small dolphin-like cetaceans classified under the family Phocoenidae.

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Primate

Primates is an order of mammals, which is further divided into the strepsirrhines, which include lemurs, galagos, and lorisids; and the haplorhines, which include tarsiers; and the simians, which include monkeys and apes.

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Prionailurus

Prionailurus is a genus of spotted, small wild cats native to Asia.

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Procyon (genus)

Procyon is a genus of nocturnal mammals comprising three species commonly known as raccoons in the family Procyonidae.

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Procyonidae

Procyonidae is a New World family of the order Carnivora.

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Pseudorca

Pseudorca is a genus of cetaceans with three members which include Pseudorca yokoyamai, Pseudorca yuanliensis and Pseudorca crassidens, of which P. crassidens (commonly known as the false killer whale) is the only extant member.

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Pteropodinae

The Pteropodinae are a subfamily of megabats.

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Pteropus

Pteropus (suborder Yinpterochiroptera) is a genus of megabats which are among the largest bats in the world.

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Pusa

Pusa is a genus of the earless seals, within the family Phocidae.

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Pygmy killer whale

The pygmy killer whale (Feresa attenuata) is a poorly known and rarely seen oceanic dolphin.

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Pygmy sperm whale

The pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) is one of two extant species in the family Kogiidae in the sperm whale superfamily.

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Rabbit

Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also includes the hares), which is in the order Lagomorpha (which also includes pikas).

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Raccoon

The raccoon (or, Procyon lotor), also spelled racoon and sometimes called the common raccoon or northern raccoon to distinguish it from the other species, is a mammal native to North America. List of mammals of Japan and raccoon are mammals of Japan.

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Rattus

Rattus is a genus of muroid rodents, all typically called rats.

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Rebun Island

is an island in the Sea of Japan off the northwestern tip of Hokkaidō, Japan.

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Red fox

The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is the largest of the true foxes and one of the most widely distributed members of the order Carnivora, being present across the entire Northern Hemisphere including most of North America, Europe and Asia, plus parts of North Africa.

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Red squirrel

The red squirrel or Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) is a species of tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus common throughout Europe and Asia.

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Red-toothed shrew

The red-toothed shrews of the subfamily Soricinae are one of three living subfamilies of shrews, along with Crocidurinae (white-toothed shrews) and Myosoricinae (African white-toothed shrews).

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Reeves's muntjac

Reeves's muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi), also known as the Chinese muntjac, is a species of muntjac found widely in south-eastern China (from Gansu to Yunnan) and Taiwan.

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Rhesus macaque

The rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), colloquially rhesus monkey, is a species of Old World monkey.

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Ribbon seal

The ribbon seal (Histriophoca fasciata) is a medium-sized pinniped from the true seal family (Phocidae).

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Right whale

Right whales are three species of large baleen whales of the genus Eubalaena: the North Atlantic right whale (E. glacialis), the North Pacific right whale (E. japonica) and the Southern right whale (E. australis). List of mammals of Japan and right whale are mammals of Japan.

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Right whale dolphin

Right whale dolphins are cetaceans belonging to the genus Lissodelphis.

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Ringed seal

The ringed seal (Pusa hispida) is an earless seal inhabiting the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions.

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Rishiri Island

is a volcanic island in the Sea of Japan off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan.

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Risso's dolphin

Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus) is a dolphin, the only species of the genus Grampus.

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River dolphin

River dolphins are a polyphyletic group of fully aquatic mammals that reside exclusively in freshwater or brackish water.

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Rodent

Rodents (from Latin rodere, 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia, which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws.

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Rorqual

Rorquals are the largest group of baleen whales, comprising the family Balaenopteridae, which contains nine extant species in two genera.

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Rough-toothed dolphin

The rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis) is a species of dolphin that can be found in deep warm and tropical waters around the world.

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Rusa (genus)

Rusa is a genus of deer from southern Asia.

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Ryukyu flying fox

The Ryukyu flying fox or Ryukyu fruit bat (Pteropus dasymallus) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. List of mammals of Japan and Ryukyu flying fox are mammals of Japan.

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Ryukyu Islands

The, also known as the or the, are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ōsumi, Tokara, Amami, Okinawa, and Sakishima Islands (further divided into the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands), with Yonaguni the westernmost.

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Ryukyu long-tailed giant rat

The Ryukyu long-tailed giant rat or Ryukyu rat (Diplothrix legata) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

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Ryukyu mouse

The Ryukyu mouse (Mus caroli) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. List of mammals of Japan and Ryukyu mouse are mammals of Japan.

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Ryukyu shrew

The Ryukyu shrew (Crocidura orii), also known as Orii's shrew, is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae.

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Ryukyu spiny rat

The Ryukyu spiny rat (Tokudaia osimensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

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Ryukyu tube-nosed bat

The Ryukyu tube-nosed bat (Murina ryukyuana) is a species of vesper bat found only in Japan.

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Sable

The sable (Martes zibellina) is a species of marten, a small omnivorous mammal primarily inhabiting the forest environments of Russia, from the Ural Mountains throughout Siberia, and northern Mongolia.

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Sado Island

is an island located in the eastern part of the Sea of Japan, under the jurisdiction of Sado City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, with a coastline of.

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Sado mole

The Sado mole or Tokuda's mole (Mogera tokudae) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae.

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Sado shrew

The Sado shrew (Sorex shinto sadonis) is a subspecies of mammal in the family Soricidae.

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Sagmatias

Sagmatias was a genus of dolphins, defined in 1866 by Edward Drinker Cope with Peale's dolphin as type species, described as Sagmatias amblodon.

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Sambar deer

The sambar (Rusa unicolor) is a large deer native to the Indian subcontinent, South China and Southeast Asia that is listed as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List since 2008.

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Sato's beaked whale

Sato's beaked whale (Berardius minimus; Japanese: Kurotsuchi-kujira) is a little-known species of four-toothed whale, a type of beaked whale.

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Satsumasendai, Kagoshima

Satsumasendai City Hall is a city located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

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Savi's pipistrelle

Savi's pipistrelle (Hypsugo savii sometimes classified as Pipistrellus savii) is a species of vesper bat found across North West Africa, the Mediterranean region and the Middle East.

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Sciurinae

Sciurinae is a subfamily of squirrels (in the family Sciuridae), uniting the flying squirrels with certain related tree squirrels.

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Sciurini

Sciurini is a tribe that includes about forty species of squirrels,Thorington and Hoffmann, 2005, p. 754 mostly from the Americas.

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Sciuromorpha

Sciuromorpha ('squirrel-like') is a rodent clade that includes several rodent families.

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Sciurus

The genus Sciurus contains most of the common, bushy-tailed squirrels in North America, Europe, temperate Asia, Central America and South America.

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Sea otter

The sea otter (Enhydra lutris) is a marine mammal native to the coasts of the northern and eastern North Pacific Ocean. List of mammals of Japan and sea otter are mammals of Japan.

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Sei whale

The sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis) is a baleen whale. List of mammals of Japan and sei whale are mammals of Japan.

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Senkaku Islands

The Senkaku Islands, also known as the Pinnacle Islands or the Diaoyu Islands in China and as the Tiaoyutai Islands in Taiwan, are a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, administered by Japan.

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Senkaku mole

The Senkaku mole (Mogera uchidai), also known as the Ryukyu mole, is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae.

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Shikoku

, is the smallest of the four main islands of Japan.

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Shimokita Peninsula

The is the remote northeastern cape of the Japanese island of Honshū, stretching out towards Hokkaidō.

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Shinto shrew

The Shinto shrew (Sorex shinto) is a species of shrew of the genus Sorex that lives only on the islands of Japan.

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Short-finned pilot whale

The short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) is one of the two species of cetaceans in the genus Globicephala, which it shares with the long-finned pilot whale (G. melas).

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Shrew

Shrews (family Soricidae) are small mole-like mammals classified in the order Eulipotyphla.

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Siberian bat

The Siberian bat or Siberian whiskered myotis (Myotis sibiricus) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. List of mammals of Japan and Siberian bat are mammals of Japan.

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Siberian chipmunk

The Siberian chipmunk (Eutamias sibiricus), also called common chipmunk, is native to northern Asia from central Russia to China, Korea, and Hokkaidō in northern Japan. List of mammals of Japan and Siberian chipmunk are mammals of Japan.

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Siberian flying squirrel

The Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans) is an Old World flying squirrel ranging from the Baltic Sea in the west, throughout Northern Asia to the coast of the Pacific Ocean in the east.

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Siberian weasel

The Siberian weasel or kolonok (Mustela sibirica) is a medium-sized weasel native to Asia, where it is widely distributed and inhabits various forest habitats and open areas.

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Sika deer

The sika deer (Cervus nippon), also known as the Northern spotted deer or the Japanese deer, is a species of deer native to much of East Asia and introduced to other parts of the world. List of mammals of Japan and sika deer are mammals of Japan.

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Simian

The simians, anthropoids, or higher primates are an infraorder (Simiiformes) of primates containing all animals traditionally called monkeys and apes.

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Sirenia

The Sirenia, commonly referred to as sea cows or sirenians, are an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit swamps, rivers, estuaries, marine wetlands, and coastal marine waters.

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Slender shrew

The slender shrew (Sorex gracillimus) is a species of shrew.

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Small Indian mongoose

The small Indian mongoose (Urva auropunctata) is a mongoose species native to Iraq and northern India; it has also been introduced to several Caribbean and Pacific islands.

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Small Japanese field mouse

The small Japanese field mouse (Apodemus argenteus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

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Small Japanese mole

The small Japanese mole (Mogera imaizumii) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae.

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Smith's vole

Smith's vole (Craseomys smithii) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.

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Solenodon

Solenodons (from σωλήν, 'channel' or 'pipe' and ὀδούς, 'tooth') are venomous, nocturnal, burrowing, insectivorous mammals belonging to the family Solenodontidae.

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Sorex

The genus Sorex includes many of the common shrews of Eurasia and North America, and contains at least 142 known species and subspecies.

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Southeast Asian long-fingered bat

The Southeast Asian long-fingered bat (Miniopterus fuscus) is a species of vesper bat in the family Miniopteridae.

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Species

A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

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Sperm whale

The sperm whale or cachalot (Physeter macrocephalus) is the largest of the toothed whales and the largest toothed predator.

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Spinner dolphin

The spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) is a small dolphin found in off-shore tropical waters around the world.

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Spotted seal

The spotted seal (Phoca largha), also known as the larga seal or largha seal, is a member of the family Phocidae, and is considered a "true seal". List of mammals of Japan and spotted seal are mammals of Japan.

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Squirrel

Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae, a family that includes small or medium-sized rodents.

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Stejneger's beaked whale

Stejneger's beaked whale (Mesoplodon stejnegeri), also known as the Bering Sea beaked whale or the saber-toothed whale, is a relatively unknown member of the genus Mesoplodon inhabiting the North Pacific Ocean.

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Steller sea lion

The Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus, also known as Steller's sea lion or the northern sea lion) is a large, near-threatened species of sea lion, predominantly found in the coastal marine habitats of the northeast Pacific Ocean and the Pacific Northwest regions of North America, from north-central California to Oregon, Washington and British Columbia to Alaska. List of mammals of Japan and Steller sea lion are mammals of Japan.

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Stenella

Stenella is a genus of marine mammals in Delphinidae, the family informally known as the oceanic dolphins.

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Stoat

The stoat (Mustela erminea), also known as the Eurasian ermine or ermine, is a species of mustelid native to Eurasia and the northern regions of North America.

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Striped dolphin

The striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) is a dolphin found in temperate and tropical waters of all the world's oceans.

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Striped field mouse

The striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius) is a rodent in the family Muridae.

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Sturdee's pipistrelle

Sturdee's pipistrelle (Pipistrellus sturdeei), also known as the Bonin pipistrelle, is an extinct species of bat that was endemic to Japan.

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Subspecies

In biological classification, subspecies (subspecies) is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed.

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Suidae

Suidae is a family of artiodactyl mammals which are commonly called pigs, hogs, or swine.

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Suinae

Suinae is a subfamily of artiodactyl mammals that includes several of the extant members of Suidae and their closest relatives – the domestic pig and related species, such as babirusas.

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Suncus

Suncus is a genus of shrews in the family Soricidae.

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Tadarida

The genus Tadarida has 9 or more species of free-tailed bats divided into two subgenera, with the first of these containing seven species spread across the Old World (including southern Europe and North Africa, large parts of southern Asia, and India right across to Japan).

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Talpidae

The family Talpidae includes the moles (some of whom are called shrew moles and desmans) who are small insectivorous mammals of the order Eulipotyphla.

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Talpinae

The subfamily Talpinae, sometimes called "Old World moles" or "Old World moles and relatives", is one of three subfamilies of the mole family Talpidae, the others being the Scalopinae, or New World moles, and the Uropsilinae, or shrew-like moles.

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Talpini

Talpini is a tribe of mammals known as Old World moles.

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Tanezumi rat

The tanezumi rat (Rattus tanezumi), also known as the Asian rat or Asian house rat, yellow-breasted or buff-breasted rat (Rattus flavipectus), is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. List of mammals of Japan and tanezumi rat are mammals of Japan.

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Taxon

In biology, a taxon (back-formation from taxonomy;: taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit.

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Taxonomic rank

In biology, taxonomic rank is the relative level of a group of organisms (a taxon) in an ancestral or hereditary hierarchy.

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Tōhoku region

The, Northeast region,, or consists of the northeastern portion of Honshu, the largest island of Japan.

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Tiger

The tiger (Panthera tigris) is a member of the genus Panthera and the largest living cat species native to Asia.

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Tokara Islands

The is an archipelago in the Nansei Islands, and are part of the Satsunan Islands, which is in turn part of the Ryukyu Archipelago.

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Tokudaia

Tokudaia is a genus of murine rodent native to Japan.

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Tokunoshima

, also known in English as is an island in the Amami archipelago of the southern Satsunan Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

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Tokunoshima spiny rat

The Tokunoshima spiny rat (Tokudaia tokunoshimensis) is a rodent found only on the island of Tokunoshima in the Satsunan Islands of Japan.

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Toothed whale

The toothed whales (also called odontocetes, systematic name Odontoceti) are a parvorder of cetaceans that includes dolphins, porpoises, and all other whales possessing teeth, such as the beaked whales and the sperm whales.

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Tropical bottlenose whale

The tropical bottlenose whale (Indopacetus pacificus), also known as the Indo-Pacific beaked whale or Longman's beaked whale, was considered to be the world's rarest cetacean until recently, but the spade-toothed whale now holds that position.

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True's shrew mole

True's shrew mole (Dymecodon pilirostris) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae.

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Tsushima Island

is an island of the Japanese archipelago situated in-between the Tsushima Strait and Korea Strait, approximately halfway between Kyushu and the Korean Peninsula.

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Type (biology)

In biology, a type is a particular specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally associated.

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Ungulate

Ungulates are members of the diverse clade Euungulata ("true ungulates"), which primarily consists of large mammals with hooves.

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University of Michigan

The University of Michigan (U-M, UMich, or simply Michigan) is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Urotrichini

Urotrichini is a tribe of the mole family, and consists of Japanese and American shrew-moles.

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Urotrichus

Urotrichus is a genus of talpid that contains a single living species, the Japanese shrew mole (Urotrichus talpoides).

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Ursus (mammal)

Ursus is a genus in the family Ursidae (bears) that includes the widely distributed brown bear, the polar bear, the American black bear, and the Asian black bear.

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Urva (genus)

Urva is a genus comprising the Asian mongooses within the mongoose family Herpestidae.

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Ussuri brown bear

The Ussuri brown bear (Ursus arctos lasiotus), also known as the Ezo brown bear, Russian grizzly bear, or the black grizzly bear, is a subspecies of the brown bear or a population of the Eurasian brown bear (U. a. arctos). List of mammals of Japan and Ussuri brown bear are mammals of Japan.

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Ussuri tube-nosed bat

The Ussuri tube-nosed bat (Murina ussuriensis) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae.

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Vagrancy (biology)

Vagrancy is a phenomenon in biology whereby an individual animal (usually a bird) appears well outside its normal range; they are known as vagrants.

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Vespertilio

Vespertilio is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae.

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Vespertilionidae

Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simple nosed bats.

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Vespertilioninae

The Vespertilioninae are a subfamily of vesper bats from the family Vespertilionidae.

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Viverridae

Viverridae is a family of small to medium-sized, feliform mammals.

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Volcano Islands

The or are a group of three Japanese-governed islands in Micronesia.

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Vulnerable species

A vulnerable species is a species which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as being threatened with extinction unless the circumstances that are threatening its survival and reproduction improve.

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Vulpes

Vulpes is a genus of the sub-family Caninae.

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Weasel

Weasels are mammals of the genus Mustela of the family Mustelidae.

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Whiskered bat

The whiskered bat (Myotis mystacinus) is a small European bat with long fur.

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White-toothed shrew

The white-toothed shrews or Crocidurinae are one of three subfamilies of the shrew family Soricidae.

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Wild boar

The wild boar (Sus scrofa), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania.

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Wildlife of Japan

The wildlife of Japan includes its flora, fauna, and natural habitats.

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Wolf

The wolf (Canis lupus;: wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America.

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Xerinae

The Xerinae comprise a subfamily of squirrels, many of which are highly terrestrial.

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Yaeyama Islands

The Yaeyama Islands (八重山列島 Yaeyama-rettō, also 八重山諸島 Yaeyama-shotō, Yaeyama: Yaima, Yonaguni: Daama, Okinawan: Yeema, Northern Ryukyuan: やへま Yapema) are an archipelago in the southwest of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, and cover.

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Yaeyama little horseshoe bat

The Yaeyama little horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus perditus) is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae that is endemic to the Yaeyama Islands of Japan.

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Yakushima macaque

The Yakushima macaque (Macaca fuscata yakui) is a subspecies of Japanese macaque that is indigenous to Yakushima Island (Kagoshima Prefecture).

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Yamaguchi Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu.

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Yanbaru whiskered bat

The Yanbaru whiskered bat (Myotis yanbarensis) is a species of vesper bat in the genus Myotis.

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Yangtze finless porpoise

The Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) is a species of toothed whale in the family Phocoenidae, the porpoise family.

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Yezo sika deer

The Yezo sika deer (Cervus nippon yesoensis, yezoshika, Ainu: ユク yuk) is a subspecies of sika deer that inhabits the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.

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Zalophus

Zalophus is a genus of the family Otariidae (sea lions and fur seals) of the order Carnivora.

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See also

Lists of biota of Japan

• Japanese citrus
• List of amphibians of Japan
• List of birds of Japan
• List of butterflies of Japan
• List of freshwater fish of Japan
• List of invasive species in Japan
• List of mammals of Japan
• List of non-marine molluscs of Japan
• List of prehistoric mammals of Japan
• List of reptiles of Japan

Lists of mammals of Asia

• List of endemic mammals of Sri Lanka
• List of mammals of Afghanistan
• List of mammals of Armenia
• List of mammals of Azerbaijan
• List of mammals of Bangladesh
• List of mammals of Bhutan
• List of mammals of Borneo
• List of mammals of Brunei
• List of mammals of Cambodia
• List of mammals of China
• List of mammals of East Timor
• List of mammals of Georgia (country)
• List of mammals of Hong Kong
• List of mammals of India
• List of mammals of Indonesia
• List of mammals of Japan
• List of mammals of Kazakhstan
• List of mammals of Kaziranga National Park
• List of mammals of Kerala
• List of mammals of Korea
• List of mammals of Laos
• List of mammals of Macau
• List of mammals of Malaysia
• List of mammals of Mongolia
• List of mammals of Myanmar
• List of mammals of Nepal
• List of mammals of North Korea
• List of mammals of Pakistan
• List of mammals of Russia
• List of mammals of Singapore
• List of mammals of South Korea
• List of mammals of South Ossetia
• List of mammals of Sri Lanka
• List of mammals of Sumatra
• List of mammals of Taiwan
• List of mammals of Tajikistan
• List of mammals of Thailand
• List of mammals of Tibet
• List of mammals of Turkmenistan
• List of mammals of Uzbekistan
• List of mammals of Vietnam
• List of mammals of the Maldives
• List of mammals of the Philippines
• List of prehistoric mammals of Japan

Mammals of Japan

• Birdlike noctule
• Callorhinus gilmorei
• Common bent-wing bat
• Dall's porpoise
• Dsinezumi shrew
• East Asian finless porpoise
• Eurasian harvest mouse
• Ezo chipmunk
• Formosan rock macaque
• Grey red-backed vole
• Hokkaido (dog breed)
• Japanese black bear
• Japanese house bat
• Japanese sea lion
• Kishu
• Korean field mouse
• Least horseshoe bat
• Leopard cat
• List of mammals of Japan
• List of prehistoric mammals of Japan
• Long-tailed myotis
• Masked palm civet
• Monkeys in Japanese culture
• Mountain hare
• Muntjac
• Northern pika
• Raccoon
• Reddish-black myotis
• Right whale
• Ryukyu flying fox
• Ryukyu mouse
• Sea otter
• Sei whale
• Siberian bat
• Siberian chipmunk
• Sika deer
• Spotted seal
• Steller sea lion
• Tanezumi rat
• Ussuri brown bear

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mammals_of_Japan

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