Natural History
Conservation-reliant species are animal or plant species that require continuing species-specific wildlife management intervention such as predator control, habitat management and parasite control to survive, even when a self-sustainable recovery in population is achieved.
European edible dormouse.
Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island.
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