List of Natural Monuments of Japan (Kagoshima)

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This list is of the Natural Monuments of Japan within the Prefecture of Kagoshima.^[1]

National Natural Monuments

As of 1 April 2021, forty-eight Natural Monuments have been designated, including seven *Special Natural Monuments.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Monument	Municipality	Comments	Coordinates	Type	Ref.
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		30°19′43″N 130°30′15″E / 30.32868°N 130.50410°E / 30.32868; 130.50410	2.2	[2]
Japanese dormouse Glirulus japonicus ヤマネ Yamane		found in Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū		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		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				1.1	[7]
Lidth's jay Garrulus lidthi ルリカケス Rurikakesu				1.1	[8]
Ryukyu robin Larvivora komadori アカヒゲ Akahige		designation includes populations in Nagasaki Prefecture and Okinawa Prefecture		1.1	[9]
Amami thrush Zoothera major オオトラツグミ Ootoratsugumi				1.1	[10]
Izu thrush Turdus celaenops アカコッコ Akakokko		designation includes populations in Tokyo		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				1.2	[13]
Satsumadori Gallus gallus domesticus 薩摩鶏 Satsumadori				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	31°07′37″N 130°52′53″E / 31.12697°N 130.88140°E / 31.12697; 130.88140 (Mount Inao)		[17]

Prefectural Natural Monuments

As of 1 June 2020, forty-eight Natural Monuments have been designated at a prefectural level.^[4]^[5]

Monument	Municipality	Comments	Coordinates	Ref.
Tokara horse Equus ferus caballus トカラウマ Tokara-uma	Toshima			for all refs see [18]
Ushi horse Skeleton Equus ferus caballus ウシウマの骨格 Ushi-uma no kokkaku	Kagoshima	at Kagoshima Prefectural Museum (鹿児島県立博物館)	31°35′39″N 130°33′10″E / 31.594056°N 130.552694°E / 31.594056; 130.552694 (Ushi horse Skeleton Meteorite)
Shōryū Cave 昇竜洞 Shōryūdō	China		27°21′45″N 128°33′09″E / 27.362621°N 128.552559°E / 27.362621; 128.552559 (Shōryū Cave)
Anderson's crocodile newt Echinotriton andersoni イボイモリ Iboimori		on Amami Ōshima and Tokunoshima
Odorrana splendida イシカワガエル Ishikawa-gaeru		on Amami Ōshima
Kuroiwa's ground gecko Goniurosaurus kuroiwae オビトカゲモドキ Obitokagemodoki		on Tokunoshima
Otton frog Babina subaspera オットンガエル Otton-gaeru		on Amami Ōshima and Kakeromajima
Amami tip-nosed frog Odorrana amamiensis アマミハナサキガエル Amami hanasaki-gaeru		on Amami Ōshima and Tokunoshima
Mishima Sawagani Geothelphusa dehaani ミシマサワガニ Mishima sawagani	Mishima, Minamisatsuma, Yakushima	on Kuroshima, Kuchinoerabu-jima, and the Uji Islands (宇治群島)
Minamitane Town Ingii-dori Gallus gallus domesticus 南種子町のインギー鶏 Minamitane-chō no ingii-dori	Minamitane
Mitsjama salamander Hynobius nebulosus カスミサンショウウオ Kasumisanshōuo	Akune, Izumi
Satsuma Meteorite 薩摩隕石 Satsuma-inseki	Kagoshima	at Kagoshima Prefectural Museum (鹿児島県立博物館)	31°35′39″N 130°33′10″E / 31.594056°N 130.552694°E / 31.594056; 130.552694 (Satsuma Meteorite)
Ibusuki City Chiringashima Tombolo 指宿市知林ヶ島のトンボロ Ibusuki-shi Chiringashima no tonboro	Ibusuki		31°35′39″N 130°33′10″E / 31.594056°N 130.552694°E / 31.594056; 130.552694
Veins of Yakushima's Hayasaki Coast 屋久島早崎海岸の鉱脈群 Yakushima Hayasaki kaigan no kōmyaku-gun	Yakushima

Municipal Natural Monuments

As of 1 May 2020, one hundred and seventy-nine Natural Monuments have been designated at a municipal level.^[6]

v t e Natural Monuments
Hokkaidō	Hokkaidō
Tōhoku	Aomori Iwate Miyagi Akita Yamagata Fukushima
Kantō	Ibaraki Tochigi Gunma Saitama Chiba Tōkyō Kanagawa
Chūbu	Niigata Toyama Ishikawa Fukui Yamanashi Nagano Gifu Shizuoka Aichi
Kansai	Mie Shiga Kyōto Ōsaka Hyōgo Nara Wakayama
Chūgoku	Tottori Shimane Okayama Hiroshima Yamaguchi
Shikoku	Tokushima Kagawa Ehime Kōchi
Kyūshū	Fukuoka Saga Nagasaki Kumamoto Ōita Miyazaki Kagoshima
Okinawa	Okinawa
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