All Natural Monument animals

Special Natural Monument

Birds·Species

Short-tailed Albatross

Phoebastria albatrus

Tokyo, Okinawa

Special Natural Monument

Mammals·Species

Amami Rabbit

Pentalagus furnessi

Kagoshima

Special Natural Monument

Mammals·Species

Iriomote Cat

Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis

Okinawa

Special Natural Monument

Amphibians·Species

Japanese Giant Salamander

Andrias japonicus

Gifu, Mie +5

Special Natural Monument

Birds·Habitat / breeding site

Cranes of Kagoshima and Their Wintering Grounds

Grus monacha, Antigone vipio

Kagoshima

Special Natural Monument

Mammals·Species

Japanese Serow

Capricornis crispus

Aomori

Special Natural Monument

Mammals·Species

Japanese Otter

Lutra nippon

Special Natural Monument

Birds·Species

Crested Serpent Eagle

Spilornis cheela perplexus

Okinawa

Special Natural Monument

Insects·Habitat / breeding site

Luehdorfia Swallowtail (Graphium doson) of Kochi City and Its Habitat

Graphium doson

Kochi

Special Natural Monument

Birds·Species

Oriental White Stork

Ciconia boyciana

Special Natural Monument

Birds·Habitat / breeding site

Swans of Kominato and Their Wintering Grounds

Cygnus cygnus

Aomori

Special Natural Monument

Fish·Habitat / breeding site

Tainoura Red Sea Bream Habitat

Pagrus major

Chiba

Special Natural Monument

Birds·Species

Red-crowned Crane

Grus japonensis

Hokkaido

Special Natural Monument

Birds·Species

Crested Ibis

Nipponia nippon

Niigata

Special Natural Monument

Birds·Native breed

Tosa Onagadori Long-tailed Fowl

Gallus gallus domesticus

Kochi

Special Natural Monument

Insects·Habitat / breeding site

Fireflies (Genji Botaru) of Nagaoka and Their Breeding Area

Nipponoluciola cruciata

Shiga

Special Natural Monument

Birds·Species

Okinawa Woodpecker

Dendrocopos noguchii

Okinawa

Special Natural Monument

Molluscs·Habitat / breeding site

Firefly Squid Swarming Waters

Watasenia scintillans

Toyama

Special Natural Monument

Birds·Species

Bonin White-eye (Meguro)

Apalopteron familiare hahasima

Tokyo

Special Natural Monument

Birds·Habitat / breeding site

Cranes of Yashiro and Their Wintering Grounds

Grus monacha

Yamaguchi

Special Natural Monument

Birds·Species

Rock Ptarmigan

Lagopus muta japonica

Niigata, Toyama +4

National Natural Monument

Birds·Habitat / breeding site

Aobayama

Falco tinnunculus

Miyagi

National Natural Monument

Birds·Species

Red-headed Wood Pigeon

Columba janthina nitens

Tokyo

National Natural Monument

Birds·Species

Izu Thrush

Turdus celaenops

Tokyo, Kagoshima

National Natural Monument

Birds·Species

Japanese Robin

Larvivora komadori

Nagasaki, Kagoshima +1

National Natural Monument

Mammals·Native breed

Akita Inu

Canis lupus familiaris

Akita

National Natural Monument

Insects·Species

Asahi Fritillary

Boloria freija asahidakeana

Hokkaido

National Natural Monument

Birds·Habitat / breeding site

Red-throated Loon Wintering Waters

Gavia stellata, Gavia pacifica

Hiroshima

National Natural Monument

Fish·Species

Ayumodoki Loach

Parabotia curtus

Shiga, Kyoto +1

National Natural Monument

Fish·Habitat / breeding site

Arare Goby (Araregako) Habitat

Cottus kazika

Fukui

National Natural Monument

Birds·Habitat / breeding site

Streaked Shearwater and Japanese Cormorant Breeding Ground of Awashima

Calonectris leucomelas, Phalacrocorax capillatus

Niigata

National Natural Monument

Birds·Species

Ijima's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus ijimae

Tokyo, Kagoshima +1

National Natural Monument

Birds·Habitat / breeding site

Birds of Izunuma and Uchinuma and Their Habitat

Anser albifrons, Anser fabalis, Cygnus cygnus, Cygnus columbianus

Miyagi

National Natural Monument

Fish·Species

Itasenpara Bitterling

Acheilognathus longipinnis

Toyama, Ishikawa +3

National Natural Monument

Birds·Habitat / breeding site

Swans of Lake Inawashiro and Their Wintering Grounds

Cygnus cygnus, Cygnus columbianus

Fukushima

National Natural Monument

Birds·Species

Golden Eagle

Aquila chrysaetos japonica

Miyagi

National Natural Monument

Birds·Habitat / breeding site

Golden Eagle Breeding Ground

Aquila chrysaetos japonica

Iwate, Miyagi

National Natural Monument

Other invertebrates·Habitat / breeding site

Imari Bay Horseshoe Crab Breeding Ground

Tachypleus tridentatus

Saga

National Natural Monument

Mammals·Habitat / breeding site

Iwaizumi Spring Cave and Its Bats

Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, Rhinolophus cornutus, Plecotus sacrimontis, Murina hilgendorfi, Myotis macrodactylus

Iwate

National Natural Monument

Reptiles·Species

White Snakes of Iwakuni

Elaphe climacophora

Yamaguchi

National Natural Monument

Birds·Native breed

Ukokkei Silkie Chicken

Gallus gallus domesticus

National Natural Monument

Insects·Species

Eastern Apollo (Parnassius eversmanni)

Parnassius eversmanni daisetsuzanus

Hokkaido

National Natural Monument

Birds·Habitat / breeding site

Unoyama Cormorant Breeding Ground

Phalacrocorax carbo

Aichi

National Natural Monument

Birds·Species

Blakiston's Fish Owl

Bubo blakistoni blakistoni

Hokkaido

National Natural Monument

Amphibians·Habitat / breeding site

Forest Green Tree Frog and Breeding Ground of Oagenuma

Zhangixalus arboreus

Iwate

National Natural Monument

Fish·Habitat / breeding site

Giant Mottled Eel Habitat (Wakayama)

Anguilla marmorata

Wakayama

National Natural Monument

Fish·Habitat / breeding site

Giant Mottled Eel Habitat (Nagasaki)

Anguilla marmorata

Nagasaki

National Natural Monument

Mammals·Habitat / breeding site

Ogouya Bat Cave

Miniopterus fuliginosus

Yamaguchi