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This dimension lets a visitor find every species native to the same part of the world.JapanConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)JapanFilter Results258 entriesCommon GroupAllAncient And Relict Fish (Coelacanth, Lungfish) (1)Asters And Composites (Asterales) (10)Barnacles (Cirripedia) (1)Bees, Wasps And Ants (Hymenoptera) (4)Beetles (Coleoptera) (6)Bivalves (Clams, Mussels, Oysters) (2)Branchiopods (Water Fleas, Fairy Shrimp) (1)Bryozoans (Moss Animals) (1)Butterflies And Moths (Lepidoptera) (5)Cabbages And Mustards (Brassicales) (3)Carnations And Cacti (Caryophyllales) (10)Catfish (Siluriformes) (3)Cephalopods (Octopus, Squid, Nautilus, Cuttlefish) (3)Cichlids, Anemonefish And Damselfish (4)Clubmosses (Lycopodiaceae) (2)Cockroaches And Termites (Blattodea) (1)Coffees, Dogbanes And Milkweeds (Gentianales) (1)Crabs (10)Cycads (Cycadales) (1)Cypresses And Junipers (Cupressaceae) (7)Eels (Anguilliformes) (1)Flies (Diptera) (2)Gastropods (Snails And Slugs) (6)Ginkgo (Ginkgoales) (1)Glaucophytes (1)Grasses And Sedges (Poales) (3)Grasshoppers And Crickets (Orthoptera) (3)Green Seaweeds (Ulva, Codium and Caulerpa) (2)Heaths, Camellias And Primroses (Ericales) (3)Herons, Egrets And Allies (1)Horsetails (Equisetum) (13)Hydrozoans (Hydrozoa) (4)Isopods (Woodlice) (3)Legumes (Fabales) (8)Lilies And Orchids (Liliales/Asparagales) (1)Lizards (Lacertilia) (2)Lobsters And Crayfish (5)Mints, Nightshades And Allies (Lamiales/Solanales) (2)Oomycetes (Water Molds) (1)Other Birds (1)Other Bony Fish (6)Other Fern Allies (1)Other Flowering Plant Orders (9)Other Frogs And Toads (Anura) (2)Other Gymnosperms (1)Other Insects (1)Palms, Bananas And Gingers (Arecales/Zingiberales) (1)Parrots (1)Parsleys And Ivies (Apiales) (2)Passerines (Songbirds) (4)Penguins And Seabirds (1)Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes) (8)Pines (Pinaceae) (2)Podocarps (Podocarpaceae) (1)Pseudoscorpions (1)Red Algae (Rhodophyta) (1)Roses And Relatives (Rosales) (3)Salamanders And Newts (Caudata) (1)Salmon And Trout (Salmoniformes) (7)Sea Anemones and Tube Anemones (1)Sharks, Rays And Chimaeras (4)Shrimp And Prawns (4)Spiders (Araneae) (5)Spurges And Willows (Malpighiales) (2)Thalloid Liverworts (1)Ticks And Mites (Acari) (2)Tree Frogs (Hylidae) (1)True Bugs (Hemiptera) (2)True Ferns (Polypodiopsida) (22)True Toads (Bufonidae) (2)Turtles And Tortoises (Testudines) (4)Water Ferns (Aquatic Ferns) (2)Waterfowl (4)Whisk Ferns (Psilotum) (1)Yews (Taxaceae) (1)TaxonomyAllAchillea (2)Actinopterygii (2)Agrostis (1)Alismatales (1)Amaranthaceae (1)Amphiprion (3)Anatidae (3)Anguillidae (1)Anser (1)Anthozoa (1)Anura (4)Apiaceae (2)Apis (1)Araceae (3)Araneae (4)Ardeidae (1)Arthropoda (1)Artiodactyla (1)Asplenium (4)Asteraceae (6)Bambusa (1)Bivalvia (2)Blattodea (1)Boraginaceae (1)Branchiopoda (2)Brassicaceae (3)Canis (2)Caryophyllaceae (1)Caudata (1)Cephalopoda (1)Cerambycidae (1)Chamaecyparis (1)Chelydridae (2)Chiloscyllium (2)Chlorophyta (2)Chondrichthyes (1)Chordata (3)Cichlidae 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(7)Eels (Anguilliformes) (1)Flies (Diptera) (2)Gastropods (Snails And Slugs) (6)Ginkgo (Ginkgoales) (1)Glaucophytes (1)Grasses And Sedges (Poales) (3)Grasshoppers And Crickets (Orthoptera) (3)Green Seaweeds (Ulva, Codium and Caulerpa) (2)Heaths, Camellias And Primroses (Ericales) (3)Herons, Egrets And Allies (1)Horsetails (Equisetum) (13)Hydrozoans (Hydrozoa) (4)Isopods (Woodlice) (3)Legumes (Fabales) (8)Lilies And Orchids (Liliales/Asparagales) (1)Lizards (Lacertilia) (2)Lobsters And Crayfish (5)Mints, Nightshades And Allies (Lamiales/Solanales) (2)Oomycetes (Water Molds) (1)Other Birds (1)Other Bony Fish (6)Other Fern Allies (1)Other Flowering Plant Orders (9)Other Frogs And Toads (Anura) (2)Other Gymnosperms (1)Other Insects (1)Palms, Bananas And Gingers (Arecales/Zingiberales) (1)Parrots (1)Parsleys And Ivies (Apiales) (2)Passerines (Songbirds) (4)Penguins And Seabirds (1)Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes) (8)Pines (Pinaceae) (2)Podocarps (Podocarpaceae) (1)Pseudoscorpions (1)Red Algae (Rhodophyta) (1)Roses And Relatives (Rosales) (3)Salamanders And Newts (Caudata) (1)Salmon And Trout (Salmoniformes) (7)Sea Anemones and Tube Anemones (1)Sharks, Rays And Chimaeras (4)Shrimp And Prawns (4)Spiders (Araneae) (5)Spurges And Willows (Malpighiales) (2)Thalloid Liverworts (1)Ticks And Mites (Acari) (2)Tree Frogs (Hylidae) (1)True Bugs (Hemiptera) (2)True Ferns (Polypodiopsida) (22)True Toads (Bufonidae) (2)Turtles And Tortoises (Testudines) (4)Water Ferns (Aquatic Ferns) (2)Waterfowl (4)Whisk Ferns (Psilotum) (1)Yews (Taxaceae) (1)DietAllCarnivore (53)Detritivore or Scavenger (10)Filter Feeder (4)Herbivore (21)Insectivore (2)Omnivore (31)Parasitic (5)Photosynthetic Autotroph (117)Piscivore (5)System (Realm)AllFreshwater (65)Marine (55)Marine and Freshwater (3)Terrestrial (161)Terrestrial and Freshwater (5)ThreatsAllInvasive and Other Problematic Species, Genes and Diseases (9)Pollution (2)Relationship to PeopleAllAgricultural or Structural Pest (21)Disease Vector 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BugJapanBidens cernuaJapanBlack House SpiderJapanBlueberry Hermit CrabJapanBluegillJapanBlue-ringed OctopusJapanBook ScorpionJapanBowfin (Amia calva)JapanBranched HorsetailJapanBrown TroutJapanBuckwheatJapanBuddhist PineJapanBudgerigarJapanCabbage WhiteJapanCallinectes SapidusJapanCamellia sinensisJapanCane ToadJapanCape Jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides)JapanCarcinus maenasJapanCardamine pratensisJapanChannel CatfishJapanCherry ShrimpJapanChinese Giant SalamanderJapanChinese JuniperJapanChinese Mitten CrabJapanChinese Softshell TurtleJapanChinook SalmonJapanCicuta virosaJapanCinnamon FernJapanCodiumJapanCommon JuniperJapanCommon MynaJapanCommon Pill WoodlouseJapanCommon pochardJapanCommon PolypodyJapanCommon RemoraJapanCommon Rough WoodlouseJapanCommon Snapping TurtleJapanCommon StarlingJapanCommon SunflowerJapanCommon YarrowJapanConvict cichlidJapanCorpse FlowerJapanCrescent-cup LiverwortJapanCretan BrakeJapanCricketJapanCuban Tree FrogJapanCucumis meloJapanCulex pipiensJapanCyanophora SudaeJapanCyperus alternifoliusJapanDalmatian PelicanJapanDaucus carotaJapanDiplazium EsculentumJapanDrosera rotundifoliaJapanDrugstore beetleJapanDwarf HorsetailJapanEquisetum ArvenseJapanEquisetum palustreJapanEumecichthysJapanEurasian MagpieJapanEuropean EelJapanEuropean Green CrabJapanEuropean HedgehogJapanEuropean PerchJapanEuropean Water CloverJapanFagopyrum tataricumJapanFeral GoatJapanField HorsetailJapanFirefly Squid (Watasenia scintillans)JapanForked SpleenwortJapanGarden CressJapanGerman CockroachJapanGiant Tiger PrawnJapanGinkgo (Ginkgo biloba)JapanGolden Apple SnailJapanGolden King CrabJapanGorseJapanGray WolfJapanGreat BarracudaJapanGreat Grey SlugJapanGreen AnoleJapanGreen IguanaJapanGreen SpleenwortJapanGrey bamboo sharkJapanGrey heronJapanGutweedJapanHart's Tongue FernJapanHinoki CypressJapanHomarus AmericanusJapanHoney BeeJapanHorseradishJapanHorsetailJapanHummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)JapanHumpback AnglerfishJapanHylotrupes bajulusJapanIce CrawlerJapanIllicium anisatumJapanImmortal JellyfishJapanIndian PeafowlJapanIpomoea violaceaJapanIris pseudacorusJapanIrish MossJapanJapanese BeetleJapanJapanese Black PineJapanJapanese CedarJapanJapanese Climbing FernJapanJapanese Holly FernJapanJapanese KnotweedJapanJapanese LarchJapanJapanese NutmegJapanJapanese sawsharkJapanJapanese Spider CrabJapanJohn DoryJapanJuniperus communisJapanKatydidJapanKudzuJapanLake whitefishJapanLathyrus japonicusJapanLemna minorJapanLeopard SlugJapanLycopodium ClavatumJapanMarsh FernJapanMarsh HorsetailJapanMeadow HorsetailJapanMealwormJapanMirabilis jalapaJapanMole CricketJapanMosquito FernJapanMurray codJapanMusa balbisianaJapanMuskratJapanNelumbo nuciferaJapanNeocaridina DavidiJapanNile PerchJapanNine-banded ArmadilloJapanNoble CrayfishJapanNorthern PikeJapanObelia GeniculataJapanOcean SunfishJapanOlive Ridley Sea TurtleJapanOmulJapanOphioglossum VulgatumJapanOrange ClownfishJapanOrmerJapanOsmunda japonicaJapanPacific OysterJapanPale-edged stingrayJapanPaper NautilusJapanParsley FernJapanPassionfruit Hermit CrabJapanPeacock Mantis ShrimpJapanPectinatella magnificaJapanPhytophthora RamorumJapanPieris brassicaeJapanPieris rapaeJapanPink SalmonJapanPink Skunk ClownfishJapanPompano dolphinfishJapanPom-pom CrabJapanPorcellio scaberJapanPortuguese Man o WarJapanPortuguese Man-of-WarJapanPotentilla rectaJapanQuagga MusselJapanQuillwortJapanRaccoonJapanRed CloverJapanRed Swamp CrayfishJapanRedback SpiderJapanRosy WolfsnailJapanRough HorsetailJapanRumex acetosellaJapanRunning Club MossJapanRusty WoodsiaJapanSacred LotusJapanSago PalmJapanSalix integraJapanSalmo trutta farioJapanSaltcedarJapanScouringrush HorsetailJapanSensitive FernJapanSharptail molaJapanSignal CrayfishJapanSilene latifoliaJapanSockeye SalmonJapanSorrelJapanSouthern Maidenhair FernJapanSpinachJapanSpotted SealJapanStrawberryJapanTaiga bean gooseJapanTaiwan blue magpieJapanTansyJapanTaxodium DistichumJapanTelephone-pole beetleJapanTomato ClownfishJapanTrifolium arvenseJapanTriops cancriformisJapanTriops longicaudatusJapanUmbrella PineJapanVaccinium vitis-idaeaJapanVariegated HorsetailJapanVarroa destructorJapanVarroa MiteJapanWalking CatfishJapanWall-rueJapanWasp SpiderJapanWater HorsetailJapanWater HyacinthJapanWater SpiderJapanWeeping WillowJapanWels CatfishJapanWestern Flower ThripsJapanWestern Honey BeeJapanWhisk FernJapanWhite CloverJapanWhitespotted bamboo sharkJapanWhooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)JapanWild Silk MothJapanWild SunflowerJapanWisteriaJapanWolfJapanWolffia GlobosaJapanWood Duck (Aix sponsa)JapanWood HorsetailJapanWoodsia IlvensisJapanXenopus LaevisJapanYellow Fever MosquitoJapanYellow Sac SpiderJapanZostera marinaJapanConnectionsShowing the first 400 of 3,220 connections.SourcesPolar Bear (Ursus maritimus) (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceContains: Polar BearView the SourceLion (Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute)Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology 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