Aso's Wildlife
Common buzzard LP
Japanese reed bunting CR VU
Japanese hare
Japanese red fox
Japanese raccoon dog
Sika deer
Japanese badger
Japanese grass vole AN
Large shijimi blue VU CR ★
Scarce large blue EN EN ★
Leptidea amurensis VU EN
Fabriciana nerippe VU CR ★
Niphanda fusca EN
Old world swallowtail
Small copper
Horned dung beetle CR VU ★
Earth-boring dung beetle
Mortonagrion selenion CR NT ★
Platycnemis foliacea sasakii CR NT ★
Sympetrum pedemontanum elatum
Red List Categories (Ranks)
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Critically Endangered or EndangeredCR+EN CR+EN ・IA Critically Endangered CR CR ・IB Endangered EN EN |
Species facing a risk of extinction Species facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild in the very near future Species facing a high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future, although not as high as IA |
| II Vulnerable VU VU | Species with an increasing risk of extinction |
| Near Threatened NT NT | Species for which risk of extinction is low at present, but which may move into the CR+EN category due to changes in habitat conditions |
| Data Deficient DD DD | Species for which there is inadequate information to make an assessment |
| Threatened Local Population LP LP | A locally isolated population with the high risk of extinction |
| Noteworthy Species AN AN | A species which does not necessarily belong at present in the CR+EN category, but which can easily move into the CR+EN category due to future changes or reductions in its basis of survival |
Endangered Species
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Kumamoto Prefecture Endangered Species ★ National Endangered Species ★ |
Of wild species for which there is a risk of extinction, those that require special protection. As a rule, catching, collecting, killing, and moving of these species is prohibited |
*The Ministry of the Environment’s National Endangered Species are classified based on endangered species conservation laws
