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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