Iriomote Island (西表島, Iriomote-jima, Yaeyama: Irïmutii; Iriomote: Irimutii; Okinawan: Iriumuti) is the largest of the Yaeyama Islands of Japan, and the...
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The Iriomote cat (Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis) is a subspecies of the leopard cat that lives exclusively on the Japanese island of Iriomote. It...
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Iriomote-Ishigaki National Park (西表石垣国立公園, Iriomote-Ishigaki Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located on and around...
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alleni (Sody, 1949) from Hainan Island Iriomote cat P. b. iriomotensis (Imaizumi, 1967) from the island of Iriomote, one of the Ryukyu Islands in the Japanese...
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Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island (奄美大島、徳之島、沖縄島北部及び西表島) is a serial UNESCO World Heritage Site consisting...
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The Iriomote tit (Sittiparus olivaceus) is a small passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is endemic to the Yaeyama Islands which lie to the south...
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Ishigaki, Yonaguni, and the Senkaku Islands. This includes the islands of Iriomote, Yubu, Taketomi, Kohama, Kuroshima, Hateruma, and Hatoma. Although Ishigaki...
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The Iriomote submarine volcano is an active submarine volcano located 20 km (12 mi) north of Iriomote Island, Japan. The volcano is also known as the...
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mammal related to the manatee. Iriomote is home to one of the world's rarest and most endangered cat species, the Iriomote cat. The region is also home...
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Aragusuku Island (Aragusuku-jima) Hateruma Island (Hateruma-jima) Iriomote Island (Iriomote-jima) Kayama Island (Kayama-jima) Kohama Island (Kohama-jima)...
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The Iriomote Coal Mine (西表炭鉱, Iriomote tankō) was a producing coal mine in the northwestern area of Uchibanare and Iriomote Islands, Okinawa Prefecture...
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Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island (registered in 2021). Kyushu's economy accounts for about 10% of...
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Hontō and the second-largest island of the Yaeyama Island group, behind Iriomote Island. It is located approximately 411 km (255 mi) south-west of Okinawa...
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Yaeyama language (redirect from Iriomote dialect)
is spoken in Ishigaki, Taketomi, Kohama, Kuroshima, Hatoma, Aragusuku, Iriomote and Hateruma, with complications of mutual intelligibility between dialects...
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of the Yaeyama Islands of Japan, it is located about 0.5 miles east of Iriomote Island. The "Subtropical Botanical Garden" encompasses most of the island...
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Shimoji, Kurima-jima, Minna, Tarama Yaeyama Islands (八重山列島, Yaeyama-rettō): Iriomote, Ishigaki, Taketomi, Kohama, Kuroshima, Aragusuku, Hatoma, Yubujima, Hateruma...
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Aragusuku Island (Aragusuku-jima) Hateruma Island (Hateruma-jima) Iriomote Island (Iriomote-jima) Kohama Island (Kohama-jima) Kuroshima Island (Kuroshima)...
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Ikema Ogami Irabu Island Shimoji Kurima-jima Minna Tarama Yaeyama Islands Iriomote Ishigaki Taketomi Kohama Kuroshima Aragusuku Hatoma Yubujima Hateruma Yonaguni...
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occurs on Tsushima Island while the Iriomote cat (Prionailurus iriomotensis) is unique to the island of Iriomote. Grazing mammals include the sika deer...
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Later in the series, Sakaki also befriends an Iriomote kitten that she meets on a side trip to Iriomote Island during a class trip to Okinawa. Later,...
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the island's name is pronounced Patuma. Hatoma is located just north of Iriomote. It is a tiny island, with an area of just 0.96 km2 (0.37 sq mi), a circumference...
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flies on Kume-jima, a subtropical island: comparison with diversity on Iriomote-jima". Entomological Science. 11 (1): 7–15. doi:10.1111/j.1479-8298.2007...
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Japan with beef liver. Wild meat: boar as Okinawa cuisine consumed on Iriomote and Ishigaki islands and boiled meat is served. Deer meat. Others Fishcake:...
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Yakushima Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island...
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family Lacertidae. It is endemic to the Yaeyama Islands (Ishigaki Island, Iriomote Island, Kohama Island and Kuroshima) in southern Japan. The name "Takydromus"...
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Honshū wolf Horsfield's shrew Ikonnikov's bat Imaizumi's horseshoe bat Iriomote cat Japanese badger Japanese boar Japanese Bobtail Japanese black bear...
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Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island. It is uncertain when Amami Ōshima was first settled. Stone tools...
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April 2, 2007) was a Japanese zoologist. He is known for describing the Iriomote cat in 1967. He was the director of the zoological department of the National...
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and Iriomote Island Kagoshima Prefecture, Okinawa Prefecture 1574 (2021) x 42,698 ha (24,467 ha) Amami Ōshima, Tokunoshima, Yanbaru, Iriomote Jōmon...
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Andean mountain cat, Leopardus jacobita Chinese mountain cat, Felis bieti Iriomote mountain cat, Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis Ringtail, also called...
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