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| Species Name | Scientific Name | Group | Range |
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1. |
Alveopora japonica
|
Alveopora japonica |
Corals, Jellyfish, and Sea Anemones |
Asia |
2. |
Asian Dowitcher
|
Limnodromus semipalmatus |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East |
3. |
Asian Leopard Cat
|
Prionailurus bengalensis |
Mammals |
India, Japan (Iriomote Island, Ryukyu Islands), Southeast Asia |
4. |
Asiatic Black Bear
|
Ursus thibetanus |
Mammals |
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Iran, Japan, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam |
5. |
Baer's Pochard
|
Aythya baeri |
Birds |
Asia, vagrant populations in Pakistan and the Philippines |
6. |
Baikal Teal
|
Anas formosa |
Birds |
China, Japan, Korea |
7. |
Band-bellied Crake
|
Porzana paykullii |
Birds |
China, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam |
8. |
Banded Eagle Ray
|
Aetomylaeus nichofii |
Fishes |
Asia, Australia |
9. |
Basking Shark
|
Cetorhinus maximus |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States), South America |
10. |
Bekko Tombo
|
Libellula angelina |
Insects |
China, Japan, Korea |
11. |
Birdlike Noctule
|
Nyctalus aviator |
Mammals |
China, Japan, Korea |
12. |
Black Finless Porpoise
|
Neophocaena phocaenoides |
Mammals |
Asia, Middle East |
13. |
Black-blotched Stingray
|
Taeniura meyeni |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Middle East, Oceanic, South America |
14. |
Black-faced Spoonbill
|
Platalea minor |
Birds |
Brunei Darussalam, China (Hong Kong), Japan, Korea, Macao, Philippines, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam |
15. |
Black-footed Albatross
|
Phoebastria nigripes |
Birds |
Asia, Canada, New Zealand, United States and Minor Outlying Islands (including Hawaii) |
16. |
Black-headed Ibis
|
Threskiornis melanocephalus |
Birds |
Asia, Middle East |
17. |
Black-spotted Pond Frog
|
Pelophylax nigromaculatus |
Amphibians |
China, Japan, Korea, Russia |
18. |
Black-tailed Godwit
|
Limosa limosa |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States Territory), Oceanic |
19. |
Bowmouth Guitarfish
|
Rhina ancylostoma |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Middle East |
20. |
Bronze Whaler
|
Carcharhinus brachyurus |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States), South America |
21. |
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
|
Tryngites subruficollis |
Birds |
Africa, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States Territory), Oceanic, South America |
22. |
Cape Shark
|
Squalus acanthias |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States), South America |
|
23. |
Chinese Egret
|
Egretta eulophotes |
Birds |
China, Korea |
24. |
Chinese Sturgeon
|
Acipenser sinensis |
Fishes |
China, Japan, Korea |
25. |
Chinese Water Deer
|
Hydropotes inermis |
Mammals |
China, France, Korea, United Kingdom |
26. |
Chosenia arbutifolia
|
Chosenia arbutifolia |
Plants |
China, Japan, Korea, Russia |
27. |
Cinereous Vulture
|
Aegypius monachus |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
28. |
Crested Shelduck
|
Tadorna cristata |
Birds |
China, Korea |
29. |
Dhole
|
Cuon alpinus |
Mammals |
Asia, Middle East |
30. |
Eurasian Curlew
|
Numenius arquata |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic |
31. |
Eurasian Otter
|
Lutra lutra |
Mammals |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
32. |
Eurasian Peregrine Falcon
 |
Falco peregrinus peregrinus |
Birds |
Eurasia south to Africa and Mideast |
33. |
Fairy Pitta
|
Pitta nympha |
Birds |
Brunei Darussalam, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Vietnam |
34. |
Far Eastern Myotis
|
Myotis bombinus |
Mammals |
China, Japan, Korea, Russia |
35. |
Gray Nurse Shark
|
Carcharias taurus |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic, South America |
36. |
Great Bustard
|
Otis tarda |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
37. |
Great White Shark
|
Carcharodon carcharias |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States and Hawaii), Oceanic, South America |
38. |
Greater Spotted Eagle
|
Aquila clanga |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
39. |
Hong Kong Grouper
|
Epinephelus akaara |
Fishes |
China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam |
40. |
Japanese Crane
|
Grus japonensis |
Birds |
China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia, Taiwan |
41. |
Japanese Crested Ibis
|
Nipponia nippon |
Birds |
China, Japan, Korea, Russia |
42. |
Japanese Devilray
|
Mobula japanica |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Hawaii, Middle East, North America, Oceanic, South America |
43. |
Japanese Murrelet
|
Synthliboramphus wumizusume |
Birds |
China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan |
44. |
Japanese Night-heron
|
Gorsachius goisagi |
Birds |
Asia, West Pacific Ocean (Palau Islands) |
|
45. |
Japanese Paradise-flycatcher
|
Terpsiphone atrocaudata |
Birds |
China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam |
46. |
Japanese Waxwing
|
Bombycilla japonica |
Birds |
China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan |
47. |
Japanese Wood-pigeon
|
Columba janthina |
Birds |
Japan, Korea |
48. |
Japanese Yellow Bunting
|
Emberiza sulphurata |
Birds |
China, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Taiwan |
49. |
Kelp Grouper
|
Epinephelus bruneus |
Fishes |
China, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam |
50. |
Knifetooth Sawfish
|
Anoxypristis cuspidata |
Fishes |
Australia, Bangladesh, China, India (Andaman Is.), Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam |
51. |
Leopard
 |
Panthera pardus |
Mammals |
Africa, Asia, Middle East |
52. |
Lesser White-fronted Goose
|
Anser erythropus |
Birds |
Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America (United States Territory) |
53. |
Long-billed Murrelet
|
Brachyramphus perdix |
Birds |
China, Japan, Korea |
54. |
Long-tailed Goral
|
Naemorhedus caudatus |
Mammals |
China, Korea, Russia |
55. |
Malus komarovii
|
Malus komarovii |
Plants |
China, Korea |
56. |
Marsh Earwort
|
Jamesoniella undulifolia |
Plants |
Austria, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greenland, Korea, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom |
57. |
Marsh Grassbird
|
Locustella pryeri |
Birds |
China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia |
58. |
Nehalennia speciosa
|
Nehalennia speciosa |
Insects |
Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Ukraine |
59. |
Nordmann's Greenshank
|
Tringa guttifer |
Birds |
Russia, Japan, south to Malaya, Borneo |
60. |
North Pacific Right Whale
|
Balaena japonica |
Mammals |
Canada (British Columbia), China, Japan, Korea, Mexico (Baja California), Russia, Taiwan, United States and Hawaii |
61. |
Northern Fur Seal
|
Callorhinus ursinus |
Mammals |
Arkansas, California, Canada, China, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Oregon, Russia, Taiwan, Washington |
62. |
Ochre-rumped Bunting
|
Emberiza yessoensis |
Birds |
China, Japan, Korea |
63. |
Oriental White Stork
|
Ciconia boyciana |
Birds |
China, Japan, Korea, Russia |
64. |
Pleske's Grasshopper-warbler
|
Locustella pleskei |
Birds |
China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea |
65. |
Ringstraked Guitarfish
|
Rhinobatos hynnicephalus |
Fishes |
China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam |
66. |
Rufous-backed Bunting
|
Emberiza jankowskii |
Birds |
China, Korea |
|
67. |
Saker Falcon
|
Falco cherrug |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe |
68. |
Saunders's Gull
|
Larus saundersi |
Birds |
China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Macao, Taiwan, Vietnam |
69. |
Scaly-sided Merganser
|
Mergus squamatus |
Birds |
China, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand |
70. |
Seoul Pond Frog
|
Pelophylax chosenicus |
Amphibians |
Korea |
71. |
Short-tailed Albatross
|
Phoebastria albatrus |
Birds |
Asia, Europe, North America (including United States Territory) |
72. |
Siberian White Crane
|
Grus leucogeranus |
Birds |
C.I.S. (Siberia) to India, including Iran and China |
73. |
Spoon-billed Sandpiper
 |
Eurynorhynchus pygmeus |
Birds |
Bangladesh, Canada, China, India, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, United States (Alaska), Vietnam |
74. |
Spot-billed Pelican
|
Pelecanus philippensis |
Birds |
Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam |
75. |
Spotted Eagle Ray
|
Aetobatus narinari |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Middle East, North America (including United States and US Island Territory and Hawaii), Oceans, South America |
76. |
Steller's Sea-eagle
|
Haliaeetus pelagicus |
Birds |
China, Japan, Korea, United States |
77. |
Strongylognathus koreanus
|
Strongylognathus koreanus |
Insects |
Korea |
78. |
Swan Goose
|
Anser cygnoides |
Birds |
China, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Mongolia, Taiwan |
79. |
Swinhoe's Rail
|
Coturnicops exquisitus |
Birds |
China, Japan, Korea |
80. |
Tristam's Woodpecker
|
Dryocopus javensis richardsi |
Birds |
Korea |
81. |
Yang's Salamander
|
Hynobius yangi |
Amphibians |
Korea |