蝦夷栗鼠

えぞりす エゾリス

Hokkaido squirrel (subspecies of red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris orientis)

縞栗鼠

しまりす シマリス

chipmunk (esp. the Siberian chipmunk, Tamias sibiricus)

蝦夷鼯鼠

えぞももんが エゾモモンガ

Pteromys volans orii (subspecies of the Siberian flying squirrel, endemic to Hokkaido)

シベリア縞栗鼠

シベリアしまりす

Siberian chipmunk (Tamias sibiricus)

袋縞栗鼠

ふくろしまりす

striped possum (Dactylopsila trivirgata)

朝鮮縞栗鼠

ちょうせんしまりす

Korean chipmunk (Tamias sibiricus barberi)

東部縞栗鼠

とうぶしまりす

eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus)

蝦夷

えぞ えみし

historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan

栗鼠

りす リス

squirrel (excluding flying squirrels)

蝦夷菊

えぞぎく エゾギク

China aster (Callistephus chinensis), Chinese aster, annual aster

蝦夷松

えぞまつ エゾマツ

Yezo spruce (Picea jezoensis), Jezo spruce

蝦夷狼

えぞおおかみ えゾオオカミ

Hokkaido wolf (Canis lupus hattai, extinct)

蝦夷菫

えぞすみれ

Viola eizanensis (flower in the violet family)

蝦夷ネギ

えぞねぎ

chives (Allium schoenoprasum var. schoenoprasum)

蝦夷羆

えぞひぐま エゾヒグマ

Hokkaido brown bear (Ursus arctos yesoensis)

蝦夷貝

えぞばい エゾバイ

Middendorf's whelk (Buccinum middendorffi)

蝦夷榎

えぞえのき

Japanese hackberry (Celtis jessoensis); Jesso hackberry

蝦夷茜

えぞあかね エゾアカネ

yellow-winged darter (Sympetrum flaveolum)

蝦夷地

えぞち

Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)