Animals of Shikoku

Japanese Macaque

Macaca fuscata

The Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) is a terrestrial Old World monkey species. Colloquially, they are referred to as "snow monkeys" because some live in areas where snow covers the ground for months each year - no other non-human primate is more...

Mamushi

Gloydius blomhoffii

Mamushi (Gloydius blomhoffii) is a venomous pit viper species found in Japan. It is one of the most venomous snakes in Japan. Every year, 2000-3000 people in Japan are bitten by a mamushi.

Japanese Marten

Martes melampus

The Japanese marten (Martes melampus ) is a mammal in the marten genus most closely related to the sable. It is 0.5 m (1.5 ft) in length typically, not counting a 20-cm-long tail (7.9 in), and between 1,000 and 1,500 grams (2.2 and 3.3 lb) in...

Japanese Rat Snake

Elaphe climacophora

The Japanese rat snake (Elaphe climacophora ) is a medium-sized colubrid snake found throughout the Japanese archipelago (except the far South West) as well as on the Russian-administered Kunashir Island. In Japanese it is known as the aodaishō or...

Japanese Squirrel

Sciurus lis

The Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis ) is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus endemic to Japan. It was described by Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1844. The Japanese squirrel's range includes the islands of Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū....

Japanese Giant Flying Squirrel

Petaurista leucogenys

The Japanese giant flying squirrel (Petaurista leucogenys) is a large species of flying squirrel that lives in sub-alpine and boreal forests. It is active at night and able to glide (not actually fly like a bat) long distances between trees by...

Japanese Hare

Lepus brachyurus

The Japanese hare (Lepus brachyurus ) is a species of hare endemic to Japan. In Japanese, it is called the Nousagi (Japanese: 野ウサギ), meaning "field rabbit".

Japanese Striped Snake

Elaphe quadrivirgata

The Japanese striped snake (Elaphe quadrivirgata) is a non-venomous colubrid snake from East Asia. These snakes have very developed sensory organs which support their daily activities. They have internal ears that enable them to detect sounds at low...

Japanese common toad

Bufo japonicus

The Japanese common toad, Japanese warty toad or Japanese toad (Bufo japonicus ) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to Japan. Its natural habitats are subarctic forests, temperate forests, temperate shrubland, swamps,...

Takydromus tachydromoides

Takydromus tachydromoides, the Japanese grass lizard, is a wall lizard species of the genus Takydromus. It is found in Japan. Its Japanese name is 'kanahebi' (カナヘビ). 'Hebi' means 'snake' in Japanese, although this lizard is not a snake. There are...

Euprepiophis conspicillata

Euprepiophis conspicillata, commonly known as the Japanese forest rat snake, is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to Japan. Its Japanese common name, jimuguri, roughly translates to "the burrower". It is closely related to Euprepiophis...

Dsinezumi shrew

Crocidura dsinezumi

The Dsinezumi shrew (Crocidura dsinezumi ), also known as the Japanese white-toothed shrew, is a species of musk shrew found in Japan and on Korea's Jeju Island. It is widespread, and considered to be of "least concern" by the IUCN.There has been a...

True's shrew mole

Dymecodon pilirostris

True's shrew mole (Dymecodon pilirostris ) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to Japan (Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu) and is a common species above 1000 meters in grassland, shrubland and forest.It is the only species in the...

Japanese rice fish

Oryzias latipes

The Japanese rice fish (Oryzias latipes), also known as the medaka, is a member of genus Oryzias (ricefish), the only genus in the subfamily Oryziinae. This small (up to about 3.6 cm or 1.4 in) native of Japan is a denizen of rice paddies, marshes,...

Oriental odd-tooth snake

Lycodon orientalis

The Oriental odd-tooth snake (Lycodon orientalis ), sometimes called the Japanese odd-tooth snake, is a species endemic to Japan, belonging to the family Colubridae. It is found in Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, the Goto Islands, Iki Island, Izu...

Japanese long-eared bat

Plecotus sacrimontis

The Japanese long-eared bat (Plecotus sacrimontis ) is a species of vesper bat endemic to Japan, where it is found in Hokkaido, Honshu and Shikoku. It has distinctive, long ears, hence its Japanese name, the 'rabbit bat'. Formerly included as a...

Bluespotted cornetfish

Fistularia commersonii

The bluespotted cornetfish (Fistularia commersonii), also known as smooth cornetfish or smooth flutemouth, is a marine fish which belongs to the family Fistulariidae. This very long and slender reef-dweller belongs to the same order as the...

Common darter

Sympetrum striolatum

The common darter (Sympetrum striolatum) is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae native to Eurasia. It is one of the most common dragonflies in Europe, occurring in a wide variety of water bodies, though with a preference for breeding in still...

Amber-colored salamander

Hynobius stejnegeri

The amber salamander, amber-colored salamander, tortoiseshell salamander, or Stejneger's oriental salamander (Hynobius stejnegeri ) is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae, endemic to Japan. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and...

Japanese lates

Lates japonicus

The Japanese lates (Lates japonicus), also known as the akame (from the Japanese 赤目, アカメ, literally "red eye") or Japanese barramundi, is a species of fish found in Japan. A bottom-dweller restricted to estuarine habitats and large rivers in the...

Sepiadarium nipponianum

Sepiadarium nipponianum is a species of cuttlefish native to the western Pacific Ocean; it occurs off the Japanese islands of Shikoku, Kyūshū, and southern Honshū.The type specimen was collected off Japan and is deposited at the National Museum of...

Sepia aureomaculata

Sepia aureomaculata is a species of cuttlefish native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean, specifically the Kii Channel, Tosa Bay, Hyuga-Nada, and the East China Sea. It lives at a depth of between 190 and 350 m.Sepia aureomaculata grows to a mantle...

Sepia tokioensis

Sepia tokioensis is a species of cuttlefish native to the western Pacific Ocean, specifically Japanese waters from Tsugaru Strait to Kyūshū and the Ohsumi Islands, including Sagami Bay, Suruga Bay, the western Japan Sea, and Shimane Prefecture. It...

Sepia peterseni

Sepia peterseni is a species of cuttlefish native to the western Pacific Ocean. Its natural range stretches south of central Honshū to southern Kyūshū, and it is also present in South Korea. It lives on the inner shelf at depths of between 20 and...

Frog shark

Somniosus longus

The frog shark (Somniosus longus) is a very rare species of squaliform shark mainly found in deep water in the Pacific Ocean. It is in the sleeper shark family Somniosidae with the Greenland shark.

Rossia mollicella

Rossia mollicella is a species of bobtail squid native to the western Pacific Ocean, south from Sendai Bay, Japan. It occurs on the outer continental shelf and in the upper bathyal zone. R. mollicella lives at depths from 729 to 805 m.R. mollicella...

Chinese trumpetfish

Aulostomus chinensis

The Chinese trumpetfish, Aulostomus chinensis, is a demersal marine fish belonging to the family Aulostomidae.

Sepia subtenuipes

Sepia subtenuipes is a species of cuttlefish native to the western Pacific Ocean, specifically the East China Sea and the Kii Channel in southwestern Japan. It lives at depths of 90 to 300 m.Sepia subtenuipes grows to a mantle length of 94 mm.The...

Sepia tenuipes

Sepia tenuipes is a species of cuttlefish native to the western Pacific Ocean. Its natural range covers the waters off eastern Honshū and the western Japan Sea to the south of Kyūshū, the East China Sea, and Korea. S. tenuipes lives at depths of 100...

Hardyhead silverside

Atherinomorus lacunosus

The hardyhead silverside (Atherinomorus lacunosus), also known as the broad-banded hardyhead, broad-banded silverside, Capricorn hardyhead, pitted hardyhead, robust hardyhead, robust silverside, slender hardyhead and wide-banded hardyhead...

Japanese fluvial sculpin

Cottus pollux

The Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It is endemic to Japan, where it inhabits mountain streams in Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. It reaches a...

Scarlet dwarf

Nannophya pygmaea

Nannophya pygmaea, known variously as the scarlet dwarf, northern pygmyfly, or tiny dragonfly, is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae, native from Southeast Asia to China and Japan, occasionally found south to Australia.

Robust ghost pipefish

Solenostomus cyanopterus

The robust ghost pipefish (Solenostomus cyanopterus), also known as the blue-finned ghost pipefish, Racek's ghost pipefish, robust-snouted ghost pipefish, or the squaretail ghost-pipefish, is a species of false pipefish belonging to the family...

Doryrhamphus excisus

Doryrhamphus excisus is a species of flagtail pipefish from the genus Doryrhamphus. Its common names include blue-striped pipefish and blue-and-orange cleaner pipefish. The fish is found throughout much of the Indo-Pacific and tropical East Pacific.

Japanese seahorse

Hippocampus mohnikei

The Japanese seahorse (in Japanese, kitano-umi-uma and sangotatsu) or lemur-tail seahorse (Hippocampus mohnikei) is a species of fish in the family Syngnathidae. The Japanese seahorse reaches a maximum length of 8.0 cm, is usually dark brown and has...

Corythoichthys flavofasciatus

Corythoichthys flavofasciatus, known commonly as the network pipefish, reticulate pipefish and yellow-banded pipefish, is a species of marine fish in the family Syngnathidae.

Conus chiangi

Conus chiangi, common name Chiang's cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are...

Conus kiicumulus

Conus kiicumulus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans,...