Editing Hokkaido (section)

=== Flora and fauna ===
{{see also|List of Natural Monuments of Japan (Hokkaidō)}}
There are three populations of the [[Ussuri brown bear]] found on the island. There are more brown bears in Hokkaidō than anywhere else in Asia besides Russia. The Hokkaidō brown bear is separated into three distinct lineages. There are only eight lineages in the world.<ref name="Hirata et al. 2013">{{cite journal|last1=Hirata|first1=Daisuke|title=Molecular Phylogeography of the Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) in Northeastern Asia Based on Analyses of Complete Mitochondrial DNA Sequences|journal=Mol Biol Evol|date=2013|volume=30|issue=7|pages=1644–1652|doi=10.1093/molbev/mst077|display-authors=etal|pmid=23619144|doi-access=free}}</ref> Those on Honshu died out long ago.

The native conifer species in northern Hokkaidō is the Sakhalin fir (''[[Abies sachalinensis]]'').<ref>{{cite iucn |author1=Zhang, D. |author2=Katsuki, T. |author3=Rushforth, K. |date=2013 |title=''Abies sachalinensis'' |volume=2013 |page=e.T42298A2970610 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42298A2970610.en |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> The flowering plant ''[[Hydrangea hirta]]'' is also found on the island.

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|+ Notable flora and fauna<ref>Japanese Wiki page [[:ja:北海道]]</ref>
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! Name !! Type 
! Notes
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| [[Ussuri brown bear]]
| Fauna 
| One of the largest populations by average size of brown bears (''Ursus arctos lasiotus'')
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| [[Steller's sea eagle]]
| Fauna
| On average, the heaviest [[eagle]] species in the world (''[[Haliaeetus pelagicus]]'')
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| [[Hokkaido wolf]] || Fauna 
| Extinct subspecies of the [[gray wolf]] (''[[Canis lupus]] hattai'').
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| [[Yezo sika deer]] || Fauna 
| Large subspecies of the [[sika deer]] (''[[Cervus nippon]] yesoensis'')
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| [[Sciurus vulgaris|Ezoris]]
| Fauna
| Also called the Ezo squirrel (''[[Sciurus vulgaris]] orientis'')
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| [[Ezo red fox]]
| Fauna
| Native to northern Japanese archipelago (''[[Vulpes vulpes]] schrencki'')
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| [[Nyctereutes viverrinus|Ezo tanuki]]
| Fauna
| Subspecies of [[Japanese raccoon dog|raccoon dog]] native to Hokkaido (''[[Nyctereutes viverrinus]] albus'')
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| [[Hokkaido (dog)|Hokkaido dog]]
| Fauna
| A [[Spitz|Spitz-type]] domesticated hunting dog perhaps descend from introduced [[Akita (dog)|Akitas]]
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| [[Dosanko]]
| Fauna
| Also called the "[[Dosanko|Hokkaido horse]]" 
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|[[Sable]]
|Fauna
|(''Martes zibellina'') A [[species]] of [[marten]] which inhabits Hokkaido and Northern Asia.
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| [[Viviparous lizard]]
| Fauna
| (''[[Zootoca vivipara]]'')
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| [[Ezo salamander]]
| Fauna
| (''[[Hynobius retardatus]]'')
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| [[Dolly Varden trout]]
| Fauna
| (''[[Salvelinus malma]]'')
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|[[Sasakia charonda|Japanese emperor]]
|Fauna
|National butterfly of Japan (''ō-murasaki'', "great purple")
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|[[Grey heron|Grey Heron]]
|Fauna
|(Ardea cinerea) Long legged wading bird.
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|[[Chum salmon]]
|Fauna
|(white salmon (白鮭 シロサケ) is native to middle and northern Honshu, Hokkaido and the [[North Pacific]].
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|[[Sockeye salmon]]
|Fauna
|(''Oncorhynchus nerka, ベニザケ - Benizake'') live in Hokkaido and the [[North Pacific]].
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| [[Picea jezoensis|Ezo spruce]]
| Flora
| ''[[Picea jezoensis]]''
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| [[Picea glehnii|Sakhalin spruce]]
| Flora
| ''[[Picea glehnii]]''
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| [[Rosa rugosa|Japanese rose]]
| Flora
| ''[[Rosa rugosa]]''
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