WOODPECKER STUDIO(top) > JAPANESE WILD ANIMALS > (4) PRIMATES, LAGOMORPHA, RODENTIA Sciuridae, Gliridae
 CERCOPITHECIDAE Japanese Macaque |
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Body length 47～60cm, tail length 7-12cm, weight 12-18kg. Japanese Macaque is living in the cold area where it snows in winter. They likes to take a hot spring bath as well as the Japanese. |
 CERCOPITHECIDAE Formosan Macaque (importation kind) |
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Body length 36-54cm, tail length 26-46cm, weight 6-10kg. This monkey that tail is long more than Japanese Macaque. An original habitat is Taiwan. |
 OCHOTONIDAE Northern Pika |
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Body length 11-18cm, tail length 0.5cm, weight 150g. This animal is living in only Hokkaido, northern Island in Japan. The relic of the glacial age is said.。 |
 LEPORIDAE Amami Rabbit |
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Body length 42-51cm, tail length 1-2cm. It is the primitive animal whom a living fossil is said to. This rabbit is living in only two southern Island, Amami-0shima and Tokunoshima. |
 summer/winter LEPORIDAE Mountain Hare Body length 50-58cm, tail length 5-8cm. 
 summer/winter LEPORIDAE Japanese Hare Body length 43-54cm, tail length 2-5cm. |
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Japanese Hare is living in Honsyu, Shikoku and Kyusyusouth. Some Japanese Hare doesn't turn white even in winter, it lives southern district. Snow Hare is living in Hokkaido. |
 color variation LEPORIDAE Rabbit (importation kind) |
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Body length 35-45cm, tail length 4-7cm. The original habitats of this rabbit are Europe and north Africa. |
 
SCIURIDAE Golden-backed Suirrel (importation kind) |
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Body length 20-22cm, tail length 17-20cm. An original habitat is Taiwan. |
SCIURIDAE Red Squirrel Body length 22-27cm, tail length 16-20cm. 
SCIURIDAE Japanese Squirrel Body length 16-22cm, tail length 14-17cm. |
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Two kinds of squirrels are in Japan. Red Squirrel is in Hokkaido. Japanese Squirrel is in the south from Honshu. |
SCIURIDAE Siberian Chipmunk |
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Body length 12-15cm, tail length 11-12cm. Chipmunk is only in only Hokkaido in Japan. They store up many nuts for the winter. |
 SCIURIDAE Japanese Small Flying Squirrel Body length 14-20cm, tail length 10-14cm. 
 SCIURIDAE Eurasian Small Flying Squirrel Body length 15-16cm, tail length 10-12cm. |
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Small Flying Squirrel have big eyes. They flies by using a skin film between the limbs. Eurasian- is in Hokkaido. Japanese- is in the south from Honshu. |
 SCIURIDAE Japanese Giant Flying Squirrel |
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Body length 27-49cm, tail length 28-41cm. Giant Flyng Squirrel is a perfect vegetarian. They eat only a leaf and a flower without an insect. |
 MUSCARDINIDAE Japanese Dormouse |
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Body length 6.8-8.4cm, tail length 4.4-5.4cm. This is little animal. During the hibernation, They are rounding a body like a ball. Japanese Dormouse is specified in the natural monument animal. |