蝦夷

えぞ えみし

historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan

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)

蝦夷蝉

えぞぜみ

Lyristes japonicus (species of cicada)

蝦夷鹿

えぞしか エゾシカ

Hokkaido sika (deer) (Cervus nippon yesoensis), Yezo sika

蝦夷葱

えぞねぎ エゾネギ

chives (Allium schoenoprasum var. schoenoprasum)

蝦夷雷鳥

えぞらいちょう エゾライチョウ

hazel grouse (Bonasa bonasia)

蝦夷白蝶

えぞしろちょう エゾシロチョウ

black-veined white (species of butterfly, Aporia crataegi)

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)

蝦夷黒貂

えぞくろてん エゾクロテン

Japanese sable (subspecies of sable native to Hokkaido, Martes zibellina brachyura)

蝦夷鳴兎

えぞなきうさぎ えぞナキウサギ

Ochotona hyperborea yesoensis (subspecies of northern pika)