PALEARCTIC (EURASIAN)
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forest
of Asia

The broadleaf forests of temperate Asia share many species with the more familiar and well known European forests to the west (and North American forests to the east), but are more diverse and have their own endemics...

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The Family Araceae includes Arisaema ovale, 'Japanese Cobra Lilly'. One of two 'Jack-in-the-Pulpits' native to Japan.

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The Family Sapindaceae includes the  spp. 'Maples'

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The family Theaceae includes Camellia japonica, 'Japanese Camellia', 'Tsubaki' Eastern Asia, including southern Japan.

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The Family Paridae: includes the titis, such as Sittiparis varius, 'Varied Tit'. Found in temperate forests in Japan and adjacent parts of mainland Asia. 

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The family Pycnonotidae includes the Bulbuls Hypsipetes amaurotis, 'Brown-eared Bulbul'. A common bird of eastern Asia.

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Our order of the Primates includes the  family Cercopithecidae: the 'Old World Monkeys'. This family includes Macaca fuscata, 'Japanese Macaque', 'Snow Monkey'. This species is the most northerly living primate (besides humans).

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The order Artiodactyla contains all the 'even-toed Hoofed ungulates', including the family Cervidae. Cervus nippon, 'Sika/Spotted/Japanese Deer'. Once found from northern Vietnam to Russian far east, but now only common in Japan.

Places to experience Asian temperate broadleaf forest

To experience some beautiful native forest, visit: Yakushima Island, Japan.

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