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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
   

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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
   

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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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