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Lots! There are many species of animals native to Japan. Some of the ones that first come to mind are the snow monkeys, which are a type of macaque. There are other native mammals such as bears, deer, otters and minks, and small mammals like shrews, moles, mice etc... There are tons of native birds, too. Japan, being an island, has lots of water-related birds: herons, egrets, cranes, ducks, and the like. Also there are native turtles and fish, and of course insects and other invertebrates.

Pikas live there and so do dugongs and some 50 species of bats.

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Animals that live in Japan include:

Ezo brown bear

sable

striped squirrel

Sakhalin red fox

Iriomote wildcat

Amami hare

Japanese serow

giant flying squirrel

Japanese bear

Japanese macaque

wild boar

bush warbler

swallow

common pheasant

copper pheasant

swan

Japanese crane

Japanese river otter

Loggerhead turtle

Japanese golden eagle

Japanese quail

Tanuki

Siberian flying squirrel

Asian black bear

Tsushima leopard cat

Red fox

Marten

Deer

Snow monkey
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There are 188 types of wild mammals. On Okinawa and in other southern areas are the Iriomote wildcat and amami hare. On the main island of Honshu and on Shikoku and Kyushu are the Japanese serow, giant flying squirrel, Japanese bear, sable, striped squirrel and Sakhalin red fox.

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Some animals that are considered to be a little more rare, include such animals as the: Japanese Crane, Japanese Macaque, Loggerhead Turtle and the Japanese Golden Eagle.-

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Another Japanese animal is the Japanese River Otter:

The last official sighting of the Japanese River Otter was in the southern part of Kochi Prefecture in 1979, and since that time, no sighting of the otter has ever been confirmed. An official search to ensure its survival has recently gone under way.

The Japanese River Otter is currently classified as a ,Critically Endangered, species in the Red Data Book.

The species was eventually considered to be the real source of the Japanese mythological figure, "Kappa".

Sightings of Witness of Japanese River Otter have not been recorded since 1979.

However, research to verify of its existence is still being continued today.

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Japan has about 130 species of land mammals. Some of the best-know are:

Asian Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus)

Brown Bear (Ursus arctos)

Japanese Deer

Japanese Macaque - monkey (Macaca fuscata)

Japanese Marten (martes melampus)

Japanese Serow (Capricornis crispus)

Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)

Iriomote Cat (Prionailurus iriomotensis)

Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Sika Deer (Cervus nippon)

Snow Monkeys

Steller's Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubaus)

Tanuki (also known as raccoon dogs) (Nyctereutes procyonoides)

Wild Boar (Sus scrofa)

There are over 600 species of birds:

Bonin White-Eye (Apalopteron familiare)

Copper Pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii)

Green Pheasant (Phasianus versicolor)

Izu Thrush (Turdus celanops)

Japanese Woodpecker (Picus awokera)

Okinawa Rail (Gallirallus okinawae)

Red-Crowed Cranes

Steller's Sea Eagle

Tokyo Crow

Whooper Swans

There are over 70 species of reptiles:

Habus (Trimeresurus)

Mamushi (Gloydius blomhoffii)

Tiger Keelback (Rhabdophis)

There are over 40 amphibian species:

Asiatic Salamander (Hynobiidae)

Japanese Giant Salamander (Andrias japonicus)

There are over 3000 different types of fish:

Anemonefish

Ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis)

Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio)

Crucian Carp (Carassius carassius)

Frillerd Shark (Chlamydoselachus angiuneaus)

Goblin Shark (Mitsukurina owstoni)

Koi Carp

Mudskippers

Parrotfish

Red Sea Bream (Pagrus major)

Japan has over 300 kinds of insects:

Butterfly

Cicadas

Crickets

Dragonflies

Fireflies

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Plenty of animals live in Japan; the most notorious would be the Japanese macaque (or snow monkey), the Japanese giant hornet, the brown bear, the tanuki or raccoon dog, the mamushi (a kind of venomous snake), the flying squirrel and plenty of marine animals (since Japan is a series of islands).

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It depends on what island you are on, for example: Hokkaido's National Animal/bird: Tanchō (Red-crowned Crane)

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okapi is the animal that is unique to japan

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A common bird in Japan is the Bush Warbler

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