This list is of the Natural Monuments of Japan within the Prefecture of Kagoshima. [1]
As of 1 April 2021, forty-eight Natural Monuments have been designated, including seven * Special Natural Monuments. [2] [3] [4]
Monument | Municipality | Comments | Image | Coordinates | Type | Ref. |
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Amami rabbit Pentalagus furnessi アマミノクロウサギ Amami no kuro-usagi |
1.1 | [1] | ||||
*
Yakushima Primeval
Cryptomeria Forest Cryptomeria japonica 屋久島スギ原始林 Yakushima sugi genshi-rin |
Yakushima |
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30°19′43″N 130°30′15″E / 30.32868°N 130.50410°E | 2.2 | [2] | |
Japanese dormouse Glirulus japonicus ヤマネ Yamane |
found in Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū |
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1.1 | [3] | ||
Spinous country-rats Tokudaia トゲネズミ Togenezumi |
designation includes populations in Okinawa Prefecture | 1.1 | [4] | |||
Ryukyu long-tailed giant rat Diplothrix legata ケナガネズミ Kenaganezumi |
designation includes populations in Okinawa Prefecture |
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1.1 | [5] | ||
Erabu fruit bat Pteropus dasymallus dasymallus エラブオオコウモリ Erabu ōkōmori |
1.1 | [6] | ||||
Amami woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos owstoni オーストンオオアカゲラ Ōsuton ōakagera |
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1.1 | [7] | |||
Lidth's jay Garrulus lidthi ルリカケス Rurikakesu |
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1.1 | [8] | |||
Ryukyu robin Larvivora komadori アカヒゲ Akahige |
designation includes populations in Nagasaki Prefecture and Okinawa Prefecture |
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1.1 | [9] | ||
Amami thrush Zoothera major オオトラツグミ Ootoratsugumi |
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1.1 | [10] | |||
Izu thrush Turdus celaenops アカコッコ Akakokko |
designation includes populations in Tokyo |
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1.1 | [11] | ||
Ijima's leaf warbler Phylloscopus ijimae イイジマムシクイ Iijima-mushikui |
designation includes populations in Tokyo and Okinawa Prefecture | 1.1 | [12] | |||
Japanese wood pigeon Columba janthina カラスバト Karasubato |
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1.2 | [13] | |||
Satsumadori Gallus gallus domesticus 薩摩鶏 Satsumadori |
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1.4 | [14] | |||
Jidokko Gallus gallus domesticus 地頭鶏 Jidokko |
1.4 | [15] | ||||
Hermit crab Coenobita オカヤドカリ Okayadokori |
designation includes populations in Tokyo and Okinawa Prefecture | [16] | ||||
Mount Inao 稲尾岳 Inao-dake |
Kimotsuki, Kinkō, Minamiōsumi | also a Nature Conservation Area and Forest Biosphere Reserve |
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31°07′37″N 130°52′53″E / 31.12697°N 130.88140°E | [17] |
As of 1 June 2020, forty-eight Natural Monuments have been designated at a prefectural level. [4] [5]
As of 1 May 2020, one hundred and seventy-nine Natural Monuments have been designated at a municipal level. [6]