Friday

Some Japanese animals recently declared extinct

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2012/09/three-decades-after-last-sighting-japanese-river-otter-declared-extinct/

Thursday

Iriomote Wildcat - a living fossil

http://oranges-and-licorice.tumblr.com/post/6220526096/iriomote-cat-prionailurus-iriomotensis-japanese