PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a box animal trap with which, after capturing an animal, even in a case where animals are present outside of the trap, the animals do not conceive a situation where another animal is captured in the trap, thus any risk of the trap for animal itself is never learned.SOLUTION: A box animal trap A comprises: a box trap main body 1 which is formed in a box shape with a bottom plate 10, side plates 11, 12, an upper plate 13, a back plate 19 and a drop gate 17, which may capture an animal inside thereof due to closing of the drop gate 17 and in which the side plates 11, 12 comprise lighting window part 18; opening/closing members 2, 2a opening/closing the lighting window part 18; a first trigger part 3 detecting entering of an animal into the box trap main body 1 to close the drop gate 17; and second trigger parts 4, 4a makes the opening/closing members 2, 2a to close the lighting window part 18 when the drop gate 17 is closed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1