Mammals > Carnivorans
The Japanese Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes viverrinus), locally revered as the tanuki, is an ancient basal canid native strictly to the Japanese archipelago. Famous in Japanese folklore as a mischievous shapeshifter with supernatural charm, biologically it is renowned as...
Fish > Butterflyfish
The Wrought Iron Butterflyfish (Chaetodon daedalma) is one of the most distinctive, visually striking marine fishes in the northern Pacific. Endemic strictly to the volcanic archipelagos of central and southern Japan, it differs radically from the bright yellow and...
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