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: With picture| Higher Taxa | Scientific Name [Common name] |
Legal control | Distribution in Japan |
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| Soricidae, Soricomorpha, Mammalia | Crocidura dsinezumi [Dsinezumi shrew] |
Yes | Eastern Hokkaido |
| Soricidae, Soricomorpha, Mammalia | Suncus murinus [House musk shrew] |
Nagasaki (mainland and Fukuejima Is. of Goto Islands) and Kagoshima (mainland) Prefs. ... | |
| Erinaceidae, Erinaceomorpha, Mammalia | Erinaceus spp. [Hedgehogs of Genus Erinaceus] |
Yes | Established: Shizuoka and Kanagawa Prefs. Recorded: Iwate, Nagano, Toyama, and Tochig ... |
| Suidae, Artiodactyla, Mammalia | Sus scrofa [Wild boar] |
Yes | Ototojima Is. (Ogasawara), Okinoerabu Is. (Amami). Cross-bred feral pigs are establis ... |
| Bovidae, Artiodactyla, Mammalia | Bos taurus [Cattle] |
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| Bovidae, Artiodactyla, Mammalia | Capra hircus [Feral goat] |
Yes | Chichijima (Ogasawara), Hachijojima (Izu Islands), Madarajima (Saga Pref.), a part of ... |
| Cervidae, Artiodactyla, Mammalia | Axis spp. [Axis deer] |
Yes | Not established in Japan |
| Cervidae, Artiodactyla, Mammalia | Cervus mariannus [Philippine sambar] |
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| Cervidae, Artiodactyla, Mammalia | Cervus nippon keramae [Ryukyu Sika Deer] |
Yes | Yakabi, Aka, Geruma, and Fukachi Is. in Kerama Islands, central Ryukyus. |
| Cervidae, Artiodactyla, Mammalia | Cervus nippon mageshimae | Gajajima Is. (Tokara Islands) and Akune-Oshima Is. (Kagoshima) | |
| Cervidae, Artiodactyla, Mammalia | Cervus nippon subspp. [Sika(またはJapanese) Deer] |
Yes | Tomogashima, Wakayama Pref. (C. n. taiouanus), Tokara Islands (C. n. mageshimae), and ... |
| Cervidae, Artiodactyla, Mammalia | Cervus nippon taiouanus [Formosan Sika Deer] |
Yes | |
| Cervidae, Artiodactyla, Mammalia | Dama spp. [Fallow deer] |
Yes | Not established in Japan |
| Cervidae, Artiodactyla, Mammalia | Elaphurus davidianus [Pere David's deer] |
Yes | Not established in Japan |
| Cervidae, Artiodactyla, Mammalia | Muntiacus reevesi [Reeves's (or Chinese) Muntjac] |
Yes | |
| Leporidae, Lagomorpha, Mammalia | Oryctolagus cuniculus [Domestic rabbit] |
Many peripheral islands. Toshima-oshima, Toshima-kojima (Hokkaido), Nanatsujima (Ishi ... | |
| Phalangeridae, Diprotodontia, Mammalia | Trichosurus vulpecula [Brushtail possum] |
Yes | Not established to Japan |
| Equidae, Perissodactyla, Mammalia | Equus caballus [Horse] |
Miyazaki Pref., Yururijima Is., Hokkaido. | |
| Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera, Mammalia | Pipistrellus abramus [Japanese pipistrelle] |
Yes | Hakodate, southern Hokkaido |
| Cercopithecidae, Primates, Mammalia | Macaca cyclopis [Taiwan macaque] |
Yes | Izuoshima Is. (Izu Islands), Onejima Is. (Shizuoka) and northern Wakayama Prefs. A po ... |
| Cercopithecidae, Primates, Mammalia | Macaca fascicularis [Crab-eating macaque] |
Yes | Not established in Japan. Although this species was released on Jinaijima Is. (Izu Is ... |
| Cercopithecidae, Primates, Mammalia | Macaca mulatta [Rhesus monkey] |
Yes | Southern Chiba Pref. |
| Cebidae, Primates, Mammalia | Saimiri sciureus [Common Squirrel Monkey] |
Yes | Frequently recorded in Izu Peninsula, central Japan. Whether established or not is un ... |
| Procyonidae, Carnivora, Mammalia | Procyon cancrivorus [Crab-eating raccoon] |
Yes | Not established in Japan. |
| Procyonidae, Carnivora, Mammalia | Procyon lotor [Common Raccoon] |
Yes | Almost entire Japan |
| Mustelidae, Carnivora, Mammalia | Martes melampus melampus [Yellow marten] |
Southern Hokkaido and Sadogashima Is. | |
| Mustelidae, Carnivora, Mammalia | Mustela furo [Ferret] |
Yes | Although there are some records in the fields, whether established or not is unknown. ... |
| Mustelidae, Carnivora, Mammalia | Mustela itatsi [Japanese weasel] |
Hokkaido and peripheral islands (Rishiri and Rebun Is.), Izu Islands (Toshima, Miyake ... | |
| Mustelidae, Carnivora, Mammalia | Mustela sibirica [Siberian weasel] |
Fukui, Gifu, Aichi Prefs. to western Japan except Ryukyus. Two small islands, Aoshima ... | |
| Mustelidae, Carnivora, Mammalia | Neovison vison [American mink] |
Yes | Entire part of Hokkaido, and several parts of Miyagi, Fukushima, Gumma, and Nagano Pr ... |
| Canidae, Carnivora, Mammalia | Canis lupus familiaris [Feral dog] |
Almost entire Japan | |
| Canidae, Carnivora, Mammalia | Nyctereutes procyonoides [Raccoon Dog] |
Chiburi Is. (Oki, Shimane Pref.) and Yakushima Is. | |
| Canidae, Carnivora, Mammalia | Vulpes vulpes schrencki [Red fox] |
Saitama and Chiba Prefs. | |
| Viverridae, Carnivora, Mammalia | Paguma larvata [Masked Musang， Masked Palm Civet] |
Yes | Entire Japanese Main Islands. Especially many records from Miyagi and Fukushima to Ch ... |
| Felidae, Carnivora, Mammalia | Felis catus [Feral cat] |
Yes | Almost entire Japan including small islands. |
| Herpestidae, Carnivora, Mammalia | Herpestes auropunctatus [Small Indian Mongoose] |
Yes | Okinawajima Is., Amamioshima Is., and mainland of Kagoshima Pref. (Kiire area, Kagosh ... |
| Herpestidae, Carnivora, Mammalia | Herpestes javanicus [Javan mongoose] |
Yes | Not established in Japan |
| Herpestidae, Carnivora, Mammalia | Mungos mungo [Banded Mongoose] |
Yes | Not introduced to Japan |
| Echimyidae, Rodentia, Mammalia | Myocastor coypus  [Nutria] |
Yes | Established in Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Okayama, Tottori, Hir ... |
| Muridae, Rodentia, Mammalia | Mus musculus [house mouse] |
Almost region. | |
| Muridae, Rodentia, Mammalia | Ondatra zibethicus [muskrat] |
Yes | Tokyo, Chiba, Saitama Prefs. |
| Muridae, Rodentia, Mammalia | Rattus exulans [Polynesian rat] |
Miyakojima Is. (Sakishima Islands) | |
| Muridae, Rodentia, Mammalia | Rattus norvegicus [Norway rat] |
Many peripheral islands. Although mainland populations are assumed to be natural, tho ... | |
| Muridae, Rodentia, Mammalia | Rattus rattus [Black rat，Roof rat] |
Although natural geographic range is unknown, this species is established on many per ... | |
| Sciuridae, Rodentia, Mammalia | Callosciurus erythraeus subspp. [Formosan squirrel] |
Yes | Kanagawa Pref. (SE), Shizuoka Pref. (Izu Peninsula and Hamamtsu), Gifu Pref.(Mt. Kink ... |
| Sciuridae, Rodentia, Mammalia | Callosciurus finlaysonii [Finlayson's squirrel] |
Yes | This species or those hybridize with C. erythraeus were found by DNA analysis in Shiz ... |
| Sciuridae, Rodentia, Mammalia | Pteromys volans [Eurasian small flying squirrel] |
Yes | No exotic population in Japan. |
| Sciuridae, Rodentia, Mammalia | Sciurus carolinensis [Grey squirrel] |
Yes | Not established in Japan. |
| Sciuridae, Rodentia, Mammalia | Sciurus vulgaris [Eurasian red squirrel] |
Yes | Recorded from Sayama Hilly Zone, Tokyo and Saitama Pref. |
| Sciuridae, Rodentia, Mammalia | Tamias sibiricus subspp. [Siberian chipmunk] |
Yes | Subspecies T. s. barberi is naturalized in Niigata, Yamanashi, and Gifu Prefs. There ... |
| Higher Taxa | Common name [Scientific Name] | Legal control | Distribution in Japan |