Japan's largest wild mammal comes in two colors: the Ussuri (or Ezo) brown bear and the Asian black bear. Native to Hokkaido, the Ussuri brown bear is considered the most ferocious of the pair.
One of Japan's deadliest creatures is the giant hornet, which has even caused fatalities. They carry a venom which is lethal in high doses, even to those who are not allergic, so seek immediate medical help if you get stung.
The Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus) inhabits mountainous areas in Honshū, Kyūshū and Shikoku. Smaller carnivores include the red fox (Vulpes vulpes), raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) and Japanese marten (Martes melampus).
A new species of deep-sea fish measuring over a meter long has been discovered in Japan's deepest bay by a research team led by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC). The fish is thought to be an apex predator in the ecosystem of Suruga Bay of Shizuoka Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo.
There are only two species of wild cats that live in Japan. They are the Tsushima cat living in Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, and the Iriomote cat living in Iriomote Island, Okinawa Prefecture.
As noted, the fossil record to date demonstrates that while a subspecies of tiger likely once lived in Japan, it became extinct hundreds of thousands of years ago.
You may be wondering if anyone in pre-modern Japan had ever seen a real lion. It's a long way from the savannah, but there are Asiatic lions as well. Although their range is quite small today, prior to the nineteenth century they could be found throughout Persia, Palestine, Mesopotamia, and much of India.
Dingoes are Australia's only native canid and play an important role as an apex predator, keeping natural systems in balance.
The role of apex predators is also acknowledged in Australia, with the dingo considered the country's top terrestrial predator.
Because when man first found these islands at the bottom of the world, there was nothing but birds. Aside from a couple of tiny bat species, New Zealand has no native land mammals. And with no predators to eat them, many of the native birds – including their beloved kiwi – never learned to fly.
There are several species of wildlife in Japan namely snow monkeys, Manta Rays, Hammerhead sharks, Japanese giant salamanders, sea eagles, Red-crowned cranes, Asian bears, Yamaneko wildcat, whales, Hokkaido birds and many more.
In Japan, there are two kinds of bears-the Asian black bear and the brown bear. The Asian black bears in Oku Nikko are distributed throughout Honshu and the Shikoku Islands (extinct on Kyushu Island). *The brown bear lives only in Hokkaido in Japan.
Wolves have officially been extinct in Japan since 1905, but there are grassroots efforts under way to reintroduce them. The Japan Wolf Association is an active organization. Their website can be found here.
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Close-up of Mosquito (Aedes aegypti) sucking blood on human skin. The mosquito is the single deadliest, most dangerous animal in the world and also one of the smallest. Mosquitoes are estimated to cause between 750,000 and one million human deaths per year.
The Nile crocodile, found in sub-Saharan Africa, is the most aggressive animal in the world.
Dingoes are Australia's largest meat-eater (carnivore) and hunt many kinds of animals. They hunt mainly at night. Depending on the size of the prey, dingoes may hunt alone or in packs. The dingo is an opportunistic and generalist predator that will search widely for food and eat whatever it finds.
Quokkas, famous for posing in selfies, are native to Rottnest Island where about 10,000 live a sheltered life free from predators or traffic. They are classified as a vulnerable species and have been almost completely wiped out on the mainland.
Australia's largest extant predator is the dingo C. lupus dingo.
The great white shark, the Australian cobra and crocodile are formidable predators and pose dangers to humans. But on average, all the people killed each year by snakes, crocodiles and sharks can be counted on just one hand.
Australia's apex predator, the dingo (Canis dingo) influences the abundance and behaviour of herbivorous prey and mesopredators in arid ecosystems. The dingoes' ecological role is uncertain in more productive forested environments of eastern Australia.
Causes of extinction. Many modern researchers, including Tim Flannery, think that with the arrival of early Aboriginal Australians (around 70,000~65,000 years ago), hunting and the use of fire to manage their environment may have contributed to the extinction of the megafauna.
Marsupial lions lived on the Australian continent from about 24 million years ago up until the end of the Pleistocene era, about 30,000 years ago. MARSUPIAL LIONS weren't really lions, but an extinct species of marsupial with lengthened premolar teeth.
Meet the majestic lions! Monarto Safari Park is home to one of Australia's largest lion prides. With three adult females, three sub-adult females, three adult males and three cubs, the lion habitat is always a hive of activity!
"In Australia, the marsupial lions were the supremely specialised carnivores throughout at least the last 30 million years of Australian history.