Target Species

Research on various species, especially endangered large animals, in the wild and captivity

Spotted seal

(Phoca largha)

Ribbon seal

(Histriophoca fasciata)

Amazon river dolphin

(Inia geoffrensis)

Lowland tapir

(Tapirus terrestris)

Leopard

(Panthera pardus)

Fiddler crab

(Austruca lactea)

Bush dog

(Speothos venaticus)

Common palm civet

(Paradoxurus hermaphroditus)

Dhole

(Cuon alpinus)

Giraffe

(Giraffa camelopardalis)

Gorilla

(Gorilla gorilla)

Chimpanzee

(Pan troglodytes)

Bush hyrax

(Heterohyrax brucei)

Asian elephant

(Elephas maximus)

Grey wolf

(Canis lupus)

Toco toucan

(Ramphastos toco)

Ganges river dolphin

(Platanista gangetica)

Commerson's dolphin

(Cephalorhynchus commersonii)

Bottlenose dolphin

(Tursiops truncatus)

Japanese monkey

(Macaca fuscata)

Lesser mouse-deer

(Tragulus javanicus)

Finless porpoise

(Neophocaena asiaeorientalis sunameri)

Weddell seal

(Leptonychotes weddellii)

Indian rose-necked parakeet

(Psittacula krameri)
*1

Rock dove

(Columba livia)

Killer whale

(Orcinus orca)

Eurasian eagle-owl

(Bubo bubo)

Blue-fronted amazon

(Amazone aestive)
*2

Patagonian glacier insect

(Andiperla willinki)

White rhinoceros

(Ceratotherium simum)

Beluga

(Delphinapterus leucas)

Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin

(Tursiops aduncus)

Cattle

(Bos taurus)

Cat

(Felis catus)

Dog

(Canis familiaris)

Cheetah

(Acinonyx jubatus)

African elephants

(Loxodonta africana)

Black rhinoceros

(Diceros bicornis)

Spotted hyena

(Crocuta crocuta)

Common marmoset

(Callithrix jacchus)

Yakushima deer

(Cervus nippon yakushimae)

Yakushima monkey

(Macaca fuscata yakui)

Cotton-top tamarin

(Saguinus oedipus)

Bonobo

(Pan paniscus)

Human

(Homo sapiens)

Olive baboon

(Papio anubis)

Hippopotamus

(Hippopotamus amphibius)

Guinea fowl

(Numida meleagris)

Chicken

(Gallus gallus)

Savanna monkey

(Chlorocebus aethiops)

Bushbuck

(Tragelaphus scriptus)

Red-tailed monkey

(Cercopithecus ascanius)

Red colobus

(Procolobus badius)

Yellow baboon

(Papio cynocephalus)

Agile gibbon

(Hylobates agilis)

Cockatiel

(Nymphicus hollandicus)

Orangutan

(Pongo pygmaeus)

Moustached parakeet

(Psittacula alexandri)
*3

Northern elephant seal

(Mirounga angustirostris)

Snow Leopard

(Panthera uncia)

Horse

(Equus caballus)

Sloth

(Bradypus tridactylus)

Bushkiller

(Cayratia japonica)

Cardinal tetra

(Paracheirodon axelrodi)

Please note that this list is not a comprehensive one. We are studying some other species which are not listed above.

*1, *2, *3: Image credit: Hitoshi Murata