Data Protected Flora & Fauna Designation Level Designation Year Classification Protected Habitat, Sanctuary, Geological Features Habitat of Kerama Deer,Cervs nippon Habitat of Daito-okomori,Pteropus dasymallus daitoensis Animal Habitat Breeding Grounds of Seabirds at Nakano-kami Is. Habitat of Atlas Moth(Yonaguni-san) at Urabu-dake,Attacus atlas Natural Conservation Zone of Mt. Yonaha Natural Conservation Zone of Mt. Katsuu, Mt.Awa & Mt.Yae Sanctuary Natural Conservation zone of Hoshidate Natural Conservation zone of Nakama River Natural Conservation Zone of Mt. Kubura at Kumaya Cave Itabishi at seashore of Kijoka Sode-magari at Teniya(fold) Shiokawa River Ammonites of Ohishi-baru Yukochu( Foraminifera) limestone of Ohama Nakashima-no-ohishi(Big rock) Gyokusendo Cave Tatami-ishi of Oh Is. Anma-gusuku(castle) Minamidaito Village Tamagusuku Village Tachijami Japanese wood pigeon,columba janthina stejnegeri Yaeyama Islands 38 39 Geological Features Ikkachi Hokusen-dou Cave Shimajiri fault & coastal erosion Fossil whale of Simajiri Tsuzupisukiabu (Koshibarumine Cave) Nakahara's Fossil Tooriike at Shimoji Is. Otakenaka Cave Mt. Mange Chu-mange Asabishibana Aragabana Zone Angaimidochi Zone Precious Nature in Okinawa Gusukube Town Irabu Town Yakabi Is., Geruma Is. Minamidaito Is. Nakanokami Is., Iheya Is. Ogimi Village Naha City Tamagusuku Village Kitadaito Is. Shimoji Is. Irabu Is. Kuroshima Is. Animals Protected Flora & Fauna Wild Fauna Endangered and Flora Species of Designation Level Designation Year Designation Level Designation Year Classification Mammals Birds Reptles Amphibians Iriomote-yamaneko ; Iriomote cat, Felis Iriomotensis Specified Endangered Endangered Kenaga-nezumi ; Ryukyu long-tailed giant rat, Diplothrix legata Okinawa-toge-nezumi ; Okinawa spinous country-rat,tokudaia osimensis muenninki Daito-okomori ; Pteropus dasymallus daitoensis Daito Islands Miyako-kokikugashira-komori ; Rhinolophus pumilus miyakonis Kagura-komori ; Hipposideros turpis Yaeyama Islands Kerama-jika ; Kerama deer, Cervus nippon keramae Yakabi Is., Geruma Is., Aka Is. Jyugon ; Dugong, Dugong dugon Okinawa Is. Coastal Area Noguchi-gera ; Okinawa woodpecker, Sapheopipo noguchii Specified Endangered Endangered Kanmuri-washi ; Crested serpent eagle, Spilornis chella perplexus, Ihigaki Is. Ahou-dori ; Short-tailed albatros, Diomedea albatrus Senkaku Islands Ko-no-tori ; White Stork, Ciconia ciconia boyciana Whole Area of Okinawa (migratory bird) Yambaru-kuina ; Okinawa rail, Rallus okinawae Ryukyu-kinbato ; Emeraid dove, Chalcophaps indica yamahinai, Ihigaki Is., Amami-yama-shigi ; Amami Woodcock, Scolopax mira Akahige;Ryukyu robin, Erithacus komadori komadori Rare Whole Area of Okinawa (migratory bird) Honto-akahige ; Ryukyu robin, Erithacus komadori namiyei, Kerama Islands Usu-akahige ; Temminck's robin, Erithacus komadori subrufus Sakishima Islands Daito-nosuri ; Buzzard, Buteo buteo oshiroi Endangered Daito Islands Yonakuni-karasu-bato ; Karasu-bato ; Japanese wood pigeon,columba janthina janthina Okinawa Islands Daito-konohazuku ; Daito scops owl, Otus scops interpositus Endangered Minamidaito Is., Kitadaito Is. Kanmuri-umi-suzume ; Japnese murrelet, Synthliboramphus wumizusume Whole Area of Okinawa (migratory bird) Ijima-mushikui ; Ijima's willow warbler, Pkylloscopus ijimae Hayabusa ; Peregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus japonensis Endangered Kikuzato-sawa-hebi ; Opisthotropis kikuzatoi Endangered Semaru-hako-game ; Yellow-marginated box tortoise, Cuora flavomarginata evelynae Rare, Ryukyu-yama-game ; Ryukyu black-breasted leaf turtle, Geoemyda japonica Kisi-no-ue-tokage ; Eumeces kishinouyei Threatened Local Population Sakishima Islands Kuroiwa-tokage-modoki ; Goniurosaurus kuroiwae kuroiwae Rare Okinawa Is., Outlying Islands Horusuto-gaeru ;Holst, s flog, Rana holsti Okinawa Is., Tokashiki Is. Namie-gaeru ;Namie, s flog, Rana namiyei Ishikawa-gaeru ; Ishikawa, s flog, Rana ishikawae Red Data Book Categories Habitat
Data Animals Protected Flora & Fauna Endangered Species of Classification Red Data Designation Level Designation Year Designation Level Designation Year Book Categories Habitat Amphibians Ibo-imori ; Anderson's alligator newt, Tylototriton andersoni Rare Okinawa Is., Tokashiki Is. Ryukyu-ayu ; Plecoglossus altivelis ryukyuensis Endangered Fishes Tokage-haze ; Bearded goby,blue mud-hopper, Scartelaos histophorus Coast of Okinawa Is. Himeyuri-sawagani ; Himeyuri terrestrial potamid crab, Geothelphusa tenuimana Okinawa Is. Osawagani ; Geothelphusa levicervix Okinawa Is., Kerama Islands, Crustacean Shio-maneki ; Fidder crab, Uca arcuata Coast of Okinawa Is. Oka-yadokari ; Land-dwelling hermit crab, Coenobita spp. Rare Whole Area of Okinawa Prefectur.Yambaru-tenaga-kogane ; Yambaru long-armed scarab beetle, Cheirotonus jambar Endangered Endangered Futao-cho ; Great nawab, Polyyura eudamippus Rare Okinawa Is. Konoha-cho ; Leaf butterfly, Kallima imachus Okinawa Is.,, Asahina-kimadara-seseri ; Ochlodes asahinai, Insects Yonaguni-san ; Atlas moth, Attacus atlas Rare,, Kumejima-botaru ; Kumejima firefly, Luciola owadai Emegency Desingnation Iriomote-botaru ; Iriomote firefly, Rhagophthalmus ohbai Endangered, Ishigaki-niinii ; Platypleura albivannata Taiko-uchi ; Water scorpion, Laccotrephes japonensis Okinawa Is. Mizu-kamakiri ; Water stick insect, Ranatra chinensis Shellfish Maru-tanishi ; Mud snail, Cinpangopaludind chinensis laeta Okinawa Is.,, Plant Community Red Data Book Categories Designation Level Designation Year Nippa-yashi palm community of Funaura ;Nypa fruticans Yaeyama-yashi palm community of Ubundoru ;Satakentia liukiuensis Plant Community of Tanaga-gumui at Aha Plant Community of Taminato-ugan Mangrove of Gesashi Bay Plant community of Shoshi-utaki Shima-chisujinori in Shikina-en ;Thorea gaudichaudii Endangered Naha City O-akagi at Shuri ;Bischofia javanica Yaeyama-shitan of Hirakubo ; Pterocarpus indicus Endangered Yaeyama-yashi plant community at Yonehara ;Satakentia liukiuensis Kanhizakura around Arakawa River ; Prunus campanulata Hirugi Forest in Miyara River Plant Community of Eastern Coastline in Minamidaito Is. Minamidaito Is. Plant Community Protected Flora & Fauna Designation Level Designation Year 40 Protected Flora & Fauna Fukugi Trees at Nago-bansho;Garcinia subelliptica 41 Ohirugi Community in Oh-ike ;Braguiera gymnorrhiza Specific Vegetation at the Bluff of Nagahagu Plant Community of Sakishima-suoonoki at Komi;Heritiera littoralis Goeda-no-matsu(Pine Tree) ; Pinus luchuensis Hinpun Gajumaru of Nago;Ficus microcarpa Shima-chisujunori of Amesoko ;Thorea gaudichaudii Kobateishi of Imadomari ;Terminalia catappa Mt.Kuba at Dana;Birou trees, Livistona chinensis Nentou-hiramatsu (Pine Tree) ; Pinus luchuensis Plant Community of Iwa-hiba at Izena Cstle Site;Selaginella tamariscina Vegetation of Yaeyama-hamago in Funauki;Vitex trifolia var bicolor Plant of Ryukyu-chishanoki at Miyatori-Utaki;Ehretia dichotoma Plant of Oh-Sotetsu at Une ; Cycas revoluta Plant of Sakishima-suounoki at Aha ; Heritiera littoralis Plant Community of Hamajincho at Fusozaki Coast ; Myoporum bontioides Chura-fukugi in Maja ; Garcinia subelliptica Manzamo Limestone Plant Community Subtropical Coastline Forests of Nebaru-Utaki Hasunohagiri Woods of Miyazatomae-no-Utaki;Hernandia sonara Birou Woods at Ohgimi-Utaki ; Livistona chinensis Plant Community at Kuninaka-Utaki Vegetation & Fukugi Trees at Shuga-Utaki;Garcinia subelliptica Fukugi Woods at Ungisuku-Utaki;Garcinia subelliptica Vegetation at Nutabaru-Utaki in Tarama Is. Plant Community at Minebaru Area in Tarama Is. Hogorin (Forest Surrounding a Colony) in Tarama Is. Vegetation of Akara-Utaki ; Quercus phillyraeoides Vegetation at Cape Higashihenna Vegetation of Nishi-no-Ugan Plant Community of Kodamamori Plant Community of Ishikihama Beach in Kudaka Is. Plant Community of Kaberu in Kudaka Is. Red Data Book Categories Endangered Ubamegasi () Minamidaito Is. Kitadaito Is. Iheya Is. Izena Is. South of Okinawa Is. Middle of Okinawa Is. Irabu Is. Tarama Is. Izena Is. Miyaki Is. Aguni Is. Kudaka Is.
Data Iriomote Park, Ogimi Village, Nakijin Village, Nagi City, 42 Ikema Nov.14,2015 43 Dana-no kubayama Nature Conservation Area ( Designation) Karimata, Shimajiri Nov.14,2015 Kushi-dake Nature Conservation Area ( Designation) Sueyoshi Sept.25,2006 Naha City Koshi-dake Nature Conservation Area ( Designation) Yakabi-jima Oct.31,2014 Zamami Village Gayo-zan Nature Conservation Area ( Designation) Nishime-dake Ibu-dake Parks Desigination Date Okinawa Kaigan Quasi- Park May. 15,1972 Okinawa Senseki Quasi- Park Kumejima Park May. 30,1983 Irabu Park Tonaki Park. 1,1997 Total Area (6 Areas) Sakiyama-wan Nature Conservation Area ( Designation) Kubura-dake Nature Conservation Area ( Designation) Urabu-dake Nature Conservation Area ( Designation) Agarizaki Nature Conservation Area ( Designation) Higawa-chisaki Nature Conservation Area ( Designation) Aha-dake Nature Conservation Area ( Designation) Izena-yama Nature Conservation Area ( Designation) Katsu-dake, Awa-dake, Yae-dake Nature Conservation Area ( Designation) Total Area (12 Areas) May. 15,1972 May. 15,1972. 1,1995 Nature Conservation Areas Natural Habitat Conservation Onna Village, Yomitan Village, Tokashiki Village, Zamami Village Itoman City, Gushikami Village, Kochinda Town, Gushikawa Village Irabu Village Tonaki Village Izena Village Designatin Date Area(ha) Uegusuku-dake Natural Habitat Conservation of kikuzato-sawahebi Land Area (ha) Coastal Area(ha) Jun.15,1998 Designation Date Jun. 28,1983 Mar. 3, 1980 Area(ha), Gushikawa Village Term Land Area (ha) Coastal Area(ha) Yagaji Lake Man-ko Yonaguni Iriomote Nakazato Kitadaito Minamidaito Taiho Nago-dake Onna Yamada Hija-gawa Aha Gushikawa Nagura Irabu Sate Nakanokamishima Yonaha -wan Yonaha-dake Wildlife Protection Areas Total Area (26 Areas) Oct.31,2006 Oct.31,2007 Oct.31,2018 Oct.31,2000 Oct.31,2001 Nov.14,2015 Oct.31,2004 Oct.31,2004 Oct.31,2004 Nov.14,2005 Nov.14,2005 Sept.25,2006 Nov.14,2005 Nov.14,2015 Nov.14,2015 Mar.30,2001 Oct.31,2014, Nakijin Village Naha City, Tomigusuku Village Kitadaito Village Minamidaito Village Ogimi Village Onna Village Onna Village Kadena Town Gushikawa Village, Shimoji Town Irabu Town Lake Man-ko was designated a wetland of international importance by Ramser Convention on May 15th,1999.
Data The Number of Species Living in Okinawa Listed in The Red List of Endangered Wildlife Compiled by The Environment Agency. Vertebrate Animal Invertebrate Animal Flora & Fungi The Number of species in Japan The Number of species in Okinawa The Number of species in Japan The Number of species in Okinawa The Number of species in Japan The Number of species in Okinawa 44 45 1 2 in the Wild Endangered, Critically Endangered Near Threatened Total 1 2 in the Wild Endangered, Critically Endangered Near Threatened Total 1 2 in the Wild Endangered, Critically Endangered Near Threatened Total Mammals Birds Reptles Amphibian Freshwater Fishes Crustacean Insects Kind of Spider Land & Freshwater Shelfishes Except for Data Deficient and Threatened Local Population Except for Data Deficient and Threatened Local Population Seed Plants ( Orchids ) Seed Plants ( Except for Orchids ) Ferms Broyphytes Algae Fungi Except for Data Deficient and Threatened Local Population
Data Nature Map Cape Hedo Cape Hirakubo Yaeyama Islands Ie Island Ie Village Kouri Island Okinawa kaigan Quasi- Park Yambaru Wildlife Center Hatoma Island Cape Irizaki Yonaguni Island Cape Agarizaki Sakieda Bay Kojima Island Cape Tamatori Minna Island Okinawa kaigan Quasi- Park Sesoko Island Onna Village Nakijin Village Nago Bay Ginoza Village Ygaji Island Oura Bay Shioya Bay Ohgimi Village Higashi Village Taira Bay Cape Teniya Iheya Island Kabira Bay Nagura Bay Urauchi River Hokabanare Island Ishigaki Island Kayama Island Uchibanare Island Iriomote Wildlife Center Amitori Bay Funauki Bay Tketomi Island Nakara River Yuhu Island International Coral Reef Reserch and Monitoring Center Sakiyama Bay Kohama Island Taketomijima Visitor Center Kuira River Nakama River Kagawa Bay Ohara Bay Aragusuku Island Kuroshima Island IriomoteIsland Iriomote Park Kuroshima Visitor Center Hamahiga Island 46 Yanaha Island Kumejima Park Nagannu Island 47 Senaga Island Naha City Cape Zampa Urasoe City Tomigusuku Village Itoman City Yomitan Village KadenaTown ChatanTown Ginowan City Cape Maeda Nakagusuku Village Nakagusuku Bay NishiharaTown Cape Kyan Okinawa Senseki Quasi- Park Ishikawa City Okinawa City YonabaruTown HaebaruTown KochindaTown Gushikami Village Tamagusuku Village Kin Town Kin Bay Gushikawa City YonashiroTown Shimoji Island Miyagi Island Yabuchi Island KatsurenTown Kitanakagusuku Village Kudaka Island Osato Village Sashiki Town Chinen Village Ou Island Tsuken Island Henza Island Okinawa Island Ikei Island Ukibaru Island Ikema Island Cape Nishihenna Irabu Island Irabu Town Irabu Park Miyako Islands Yonaha Bay Kurima Island Ogami Island Miyako Island Noho Island Izena Village Shimoji Town Ueno Village Gusukube Town Gushikawa Island Izena Island Minna Island Tarama Village Tarama Island Cape Higashihenna Nakanokamishima Island Nakanokamishima Wildlife Protection Area Hateruma Island Tonaki Island Aguni Island Daito Islands Senkaku Islands Kitadaito Island Kitadaito Village Tonaki Village Tonaki Park Kumejima Island explanatory notes Gushikawa Village Aguni Village Wildlife Protection Area Wildlife Protectin Area (Special Protection Area) Natural Habitat Conservatin Minamidaito Village Oha Island Ou Island Gushikawa Village Ioutorishima Island Minamidaito Island Kersma Islands Yakabi Island Kuba Island Zamami Village Aka Island Geruma Island Uotsurijima Island Zamami Ialand Fukaji Island Amuro Island Okinawa kaigan Quasi- Park Marine Park Zone Nature Conservation Areas Park Kitakojima Island Gisippu Island Minamikojima Island Kuroshima Island Sakishima Island Nakashima Island Tokashiki Village Maejima Island Tokashiki Island Tokashiki Village Kamiyama Island Kuebu Island Kubashima Island Taishojima Island Wildlife Center etc. Visitor Center Plant Community
NATURE in O KINAWA Senzo Uchida Toshio Kawana Shigemitsu Shokita Makoto Tsuchiya Kuniharu Miyagi Shokyu Otsuka Junko Hirai Kazuo Minato Akinori Anno Shinya Imaizumi Masanobu Terashita Muneyoshi Minei Susumu Murata Sadao Yamashiro Toshikazu Yanagi Kensuke Yokoi Yambaru Wildlife Center Editor-in-Chief Yasufumi Kazuta ArtDirector/Designer Mitsuru Keida Designer Seiichirou Inamine Published by : Okinawa Government, Department of Culture and Enviromental Affairs, Nature Conservation Division Tel.(098)866-2243 Printed by : Marumasa Printing Tel.(098)835-8181 1