Number of Animal/Plant Species in Japan
According to Ministry of the Environment, there are 60,300 spicies of wild animals and 34,200 spicies of wild plants (including algae/lichen/fungi) in Japan.
The following is the detail of it.
Table 1: Number of animal species
Type | Number of species |
Mammalia | 241 |
Aves | 700 |
Reptilia | 97 |
Amphibia | 64 |
Osteichthyes | 3,400 |
Other Chordata | 250 |
Insecta | 30,200 |
Other Arthropoda | 10,000 |
Mollusca | 7,800 |
Other Animal | 7,500 |
Total | 60,300 |
Table 2: Number of plant species
Type | Number of species |
Tracheophyta | 8,800 |
Bryophyta | 1,600 |
Algae | 5,500 |
Lichen | 1,800 |
Fungus | 16,500 |
Total | 34,200 |
Source is Ministry of the Environment.
中央環境審議会 自然環境・野生生物合同部会 第2回合同部会 (平成14年3月18日)
www.biodic.go.jp/biodiversity/about/initiatives2/section_02.html
www.biodic.go.jp/biodiversity/about/initiatives2/files/section_02/1-4_4.pdf
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