page_title: List of mammals of Japan
section_title: Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Japan / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)
caption_attribution_description: Phoca vitulina stejnegeri
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Japan. There are 153 mammal species in Japan, of which three are critically endangered, twenty-two are endangered, thirteen are vulnerable, and two are near threatened. One of the species listed for Japan is considered to be extinct.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
  Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of near threatened and least concern categories:
context_section_description: There are over 260 species of carnivorans, the majority of which feed primarily on meat. They have a characteristic skull shape and dentition. Wolves and otters are now believed to be extinct in Japan.
  Suborder: Feliformia
  Family: Felidae (cats)
  Subfamily: Felinae
  Genus: Prionailurus
  Iriomote cat, Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis CR
  Tsushima leopard cat, Prionailurus bengalensis euptilurus/euptilura CR
  Family: Viverridae (civets)
  Genus: Paradoxurus
  Asian palm civet, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus LR/lc
  Genus: Paguma
  Masked palm civet, Paguma larvata LR/lc
  Family: Herpestidae (mongooses)
  Genus: Herpestes
  Small Indian mongoose, Herpestes auropunctatus LR/lc
  Suborder: Caniformia
  Family: Canidae (dogs, foxes)
  Genus: Vulpes
  Ezo red fox, Vulpes vulpes schrencki LC
  Japanese fox, Vulpes vulpes japonica LC
  Genus: Nyctereutes
  Japanese raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus LC
  Genus: Canis
  Hokkaido wolf, Canis lupus hattai EX (1889)
  Honshu wolf, Canis lupus hodophilax EX (1905)
  Family: Ursidae (bears)
  Genus: Ursus
  Ussuri brown bear, Ursus arctos lasiotus LR/lc
  Japanese black bear, Ursus thibetanus japonicus VU
  Family: Mustelidae (mustelids)
  Genus: Mustela
  Stoat, Mustela erminea LR/lc
  Least weasel, Mustela nivalis LR/lc
  Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi LC
  Genus: Martes
  Japanese marten LR/lc
  Sable, Martes zibellina LR/lc
  Genus: Meles
  Japanese badger, Meles anakuma LC
  Genus: Lutra
  European otter, Lutra lutra NT
  Japanese otter, Lutra nippon EX
  Genus: Enhydra
  Sea otter, Enhydra lutris EN
  Family: Otariidae (eared seals, sealions)
  Genus: Callorhinus
  Northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus VU
  Genus: Eumetopias
  Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus EN
  Genus: Zalophus
  Japanese sea lion, Zalophus japonicus EX (after 1974)
  Family: Odobenidae
  Genus: Odobenus
  Walrus, Odobenus rosmarus LR/lc
  Family: Phocidae (earless seals)
  Genus: Erignathus
  Bearded seal, Erignathus barbatus LR/lc
  Genus: Histriophoca
  Ribbon seal, Histriophoca fasciata LR/lc
  Genus: Mirounga
  Northern elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris LR/lc
  Genus: Phoca
  Spotted seal, Phoca largha LR/lc
  Common seal, Phoca vitulina LR/lc
  Genus: Pusa
  Ringed seal, Pusa hispida LR/lc
caption: Common seal
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