Endangered Natural Monument animals
Natural Monument animals on the Japanese Red List, grouped by category. Natural Monuments are protected as cultural properties, while the Red List assesses extinction risk; they are separate systems.
Extinct (EX) (2)
Critically Endangered (CR) (29)
Endangered (EN) (38)
Critically Endangered / Endangered (CR+EN) (3)
Vulnerable (VU) (40)
Near Threatened (NT) (25)
Data Deficient (DD) (4)
Frequently asked questions
The Ministry of the Environment's Red List uses categories such as Extinct (EX), Extinct in the Wild (EW), Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN), Vulnerable (VU), Near Threatened (NT) and Data Deficient (DD). CR and EN are sometimes combined as Category I.