List of mammals of Korea

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The Siberian tiger is the national animal of South Korea.
Korean Peninsula and surrounding islands
Once common throughout Korea, the red fox is now extremely rare.
The Amur leopard was one of the most abundant large carnivores in the Korean peninsula. However, they are extremely rare in North Korea.

Approximately 100 species of mammal are known to inhabit, or to have recently inhabited, the

coypu was introduced for farming in the 1990s, and the muskrat was introduced in the early 20th century into the Russian Far East, and was subsequently first recorded in Korea in the Tumen River basin in 1965. The Siberian tiger is the national animal of South Korea. The Siberian tiger and Amur leopard have most likely been extirpated
from Korea, but are still included in standard lists of Korean mammals.

Most Korean mammal species are found only in a small part of Korea. The large southeastern island of

natural monuments of South Korea
.

Order Artiodactyla: even-toed ungulates


Common name

(Korean name)

Species

(authority)

Preferred habitat Range Status[1]
Family Bovidae: bovids
Aurochs

Bos primigenius
(오록스)

Bos primigenius
(Bojanus, 1827)
Dense forest Historically throughout mainland[2]
  • I:
    Extinct
Long-tailed goral

Naemorhedus caudatus
(산양)

Naemorhedus caudatus[3]
(Hamilton Smith, 1827)
High mountains Historically found throughout the Taebaek Mountains; northern Taebaek Mountains, including the Demilitarized Zone.[4]
Family
Cervidae
: deer
Siberian roe deer


(노루)

Capreolus pygargus
(Pallas, 1771)
Forest verges Throughout; not found on Ulleungdo
Manchurian wapiti

Cervus elaphus xanthopygus
(대륙사슴)

Cervus canadensis xanthopygus
(H. Milne-Edwards, 1867)
Mixed and Deciduous forests Once found throughout mainland[9]
Manchurian sika deer

Cervus nippon
(대륙사슴)

Cervus nippon mantchuricus
(Temminck, 1838)
Open forest and forest verges Throughout mainland[12]
Water deer

Hydropotes inermis
(고라니)

Hydropotes inermis
(R. Swinhoe, 1870)
Low mountains and
riparian
areas; often visits urban areas
Throughout mainland
Family Moschidae: musk deer
Siberian musk deer

Moschus moschiferus
(사향노루)

Moschus moschiferus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Mountain forest Historically throughout mainland; North Korea; also found in
Gangwon, South Korea
Family Suidae: pigs
Wild boar

Sus scrofa
(멧돼지)

Sus scrofa ussuricus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Mountain forest Throughout mainland

Order Carnivora: carnivores

Common name (Korean name) Species (authority) Preferred habitat Range Status[1]
Family Canidae: canids
Grey wolf (늑대
)
Canis lupus (Linnaeus, 1758) Forests and open woods Historically throughout mainland; currently Paektu Mountain area
Dhole (승냥이)

Cuon alpinus (Pallas, 1811) Dense forest and high mountains Historically throughout mainland
Raccoon dog (너구리
)

Nyctereutes procyonoides (Gray, 1834) Wooded valleys Throughout mainland
Red fox (여우)

Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) Brushy areas and forest verges Historically throughout mainland; northern and northeastern Korea
Family Felidae
Leopard cat ()

Prionailurus bengalensis (Kerr, 1792) Dense forest Historically throughout mainland; central and northern Korea, with major population in DMZ
Eurasian lynx (스라소니)

Lynx lynx (Linnaeus, 1758)
Montane forest
Historically throughout mainland;
Chagang
, North Korea
Leopard (표범)

Panthera pardus (Linnaeus, 1758) High dense forest Historically throughout mainland; possibly North Korea
Tiger (호랑이)

Panthera tigris (Linnaeus, 1758) Rocky forest Historically throughout the mainland; possibly northeastern North Korea
Family Mustelidae: mustelids
Eurasian otter (수달)

Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758)
Riparian
areas
Throughout mainland, scattered
Yellow-throated marten (담비)

Martes flavigula (Boddaert, 1785) High forest Northern Korea and parts of central and southern Korea: historically throughout mainland Korea
Sable (검은담비)

Martes zibellina (Linnaeus, 1758) High, dense
boreal forest
North Hamgyong
, northeastern North Korea
Asian badger (오소리)

Meles leucurus (Hodgson, 1847) Forests and mountain valleys. Fossorial. Throughout mainland
  • I:
    Least concern
Least weasel (무산쇠족제비)

Mustela nivalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subalpine
areas
Far northeastern and northwestern North Korea;[39] also northern South Korea
Siberian weasel (족제비)

Mustela sibirica (Pallas, 1773)[40] Forests and
riparian
areas
Throughout, including
Jeju[39]
Family
Ursidae
: bears
Brown bear (불곰)

Ursus arctos (Linnaeus, 1758) Thick forest Central and northern Korea; likely extirpated
Asian black bear (반달가슴곰)

Ursus thibetanus (G. Cuvier, 1823)[44] Thick forest Historically found throughout mainland; Jirisan and Seoraksan in South Korea; Mount Kumgang and Paektu Mountain in North Korea
Superfamily Pinnipedia: pinnipeds
Common name

(Korean name)

Species

(authority)

Preferred habitat Range Status[1][47]
Family
Otariidae
: eared seals
Northern fur seal (물개)

Callorhinus ursinus (Linnaeus, 1758) Coasts and seas Sea of Japan
Steller sea lion (큰바다사자)

Eumetopias jubatus (Schreber, 1776) Coasts and seas Northern Yellow Sea and Sea of Japan
Japanese sea lion (강치)

Zalophus japonicus (Peters, 1866) Coasts and seas East China Sea, Korea Strait, Sea of Japan
  • I: Extinct in 1970s (IUCN 3.1)
Harbor seal (잔점박이물범)

Phoca vitulina (Linnaeus, 1758) Coasts and seas Northern Sea of Japan
  • I:
    Least concern
Spotted seal (점박이물범)

Phoca largha {{small(Pallas, 1811)}} Coasts and seas Throughout Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan, and Korea Strait; large colony on Baengnyeongdo

Order Cetacea: whales

Common name

(Korean name)

Species

(authority)

Preferred habitat Range Status[1]
Suborder
Mysticeti
: baleen whales
Family Balaenidae: right whales
North Pacific right whale

Eubalaena japonica
(북태평양참고래)

Eubalaena japonica
(Lacépède, 1818)
High reliance on coastal waters Sea of Japan, Korea Strait, Yellow Sea, East China Sea (wiped out by Japanese, Soviet, and American whalers)
  • It is unknown whether historically whales were seen for year-round in Korean waters.
  • All modern records of the species in Yellow Sea had been concentrated vicinity to
    Amami Oshima[52][53][54][55] (5 records on Amami and Sukomobanare Islands in the last 110 years[56]) until 2014 as a right whale entered and cavorted in the port of Ushibuka, Kumamoto, later being chased out by fishery boats to concern either boat-struck or damage to fishery (Eubalaena sp. never or mostly does not feed on fish) on March.[57][58]
  • I: EN Endangered
  • CA: Endangered
Northeast Pacific subpopulation
  • I: CR Critically endangered
Bowhead whale

Balaena mysticetus
(북극고래)

Balaena mysticetus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Coastal and frozen waters Sea of Okhotsk
  • Not officially confirmed vicinity to Korean Peninsula, but historical catch (es) or sighting (s) off an area near Ulsan and Yangsan although this record(s) might or might not be of right whale (s).[78]
  • I: EN Least concern
  • CA: Endangered
Sea of Okhotsk subpopulation[79]
  • I: CREndangered
Family Eschrichtiidae: gray whales
Gray whale

Eschrichtius robustus
(귀신고래)

Eschrichtius robustus
(Lilljeborg, 1861)
Migratory through coastal waters Sea of Japan, Korea Strait, Yellow Sea, East China Sea (wiped out by Japanese whalers) *I: LC Endangered
Family Balaenopteridae: rorquals
Humpback whale

Megaptera novaeangliae
(흑고래)

Megaptera novaeangliae
(Borowski, 1781)
Coastal waters, often penetrates estuaries Very small numbers in Sea of Japan and Korea Strait and Yellow Sea, seasonally residents in East China Sea
  • I: LC Least concern
  • CA: Threatened/not at risk[89]
    • BC: Blue List
Minke whale

Balaenoptera acutorostrata
(밍크고래)

Balaenoptera acutorostrata
(
Lacépède
, 1804)
Widespread Yellow Sea,[90] East China Sea, Sea of Japan
  • Sea of Japan resident group is endangered, critically endangered semi-resident population exists in Yellow Sea.
  • Illegal catches had become objects of public concern among the world.[82]
  • I:
    Near threatened.[91]
Blue whale

Balaenoptera musculus
(대왕고래)

Balaenoptera musculus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Widespread but less common in
Mediterranean seas (smaller numbers historically migrated into both sides of Korean Peninsula)[92]
Regarded as being almost/already extinct in east Asian waters[93]
  • Being wiped out by Japanese whalers. Of the populations that once existed off coastal Japan, the last recorded confirmed stranding was in the 1950s.[94]
  • During cetacean sighting visual surveys in
    Japanese Coast Guard, several gigantic whales measuring over 20m in length have been observed in recent years, however their exact identities are unclear.[95]
  • I:
    Conservation dependent.[96]
Fin whale

Balaenoptera physalus
(긴수염고래)

Balaenoptera physalus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Coastal waters Coastal groups in northeast Asian waters, along with many other baleen species, were likely driven into serious perils or functional extinctions by industrial catches by Japan covering wide ranges of China and Korean
EEZ within very short period in 20th century.[97]
  • After the functional extinction in Pacific side of Japanese waters between the 1910s and 1930s,[51] Japanese whalers cornered other Asian populations into serious peril (functional extinction might have been possible for some groups like the one in East China Sea)[98] After the cease of exploiting Asian stocks, Japan kept mass commercial and illegal hunts until 1975, and parts of Korean populations might have been damaged as several thousand individuals were hunted from various stations mainly along coasts of Hokkaido, Sanriku, and the Gotō Islands.[99]
  • Very small number of residents in Sea of Japan, Korea Strait today, being almost extinct in Yellow Sea and East China Sea.[100]
  • Recent sightings of large whales exceeding 20 m in length, likely to be fin whales, as blue whales in coastal northeast Asia are considered to be extinct,[101] indicate that remnants of the Sea of Japan or the Yellow– ohai Sea groups still pass through the Tsushima Strait[102] where all the larger cetaceans are under threats of being struck by high-speed vessels.[103]
  • There had been congregation areas among Sea of Japan to Yellow Sea such as in East Korea Bay, along eastern coasts of Korean Peninsula, and Ulleungdo,[104] although recent occurrences into these locations are of unclear due to locational disorders.
  • Fin whales in Yellow Sea could have been a unique form from outer Pacific populations due to their smaller size of around 20m or more at near maximum,[105] and breeding season in these regions was mainly in winter.
Eden's whale[107]

Balaenoptera brydei
(밍크고래)

Balaenoptera brydei
Balaenoptera edeni
Widespread in both coastal and pelagic waters Yellow Sea (possibly), East China Sea, Sea of Japan
  • Dozens of illegal catches were taken place at least until in 1970s.[82][108]
Omura's whale

Balaenoptera omurai
(오무라고래)

Balaenoptera omurai
Widespread in both coastal and pelagic waters East China Sea, Sea of Japan
  • Not officially confirmed in Korean
    EEZ, but the specimen led to listing of the species as a valid was found on Tsunoshima in 1998 near Tsushima Strait
    )
Sei whale

Balaenoptera borealis
(밍크고래)

Balaenoptera borealis
Widespread Yellow Sea,[109] East China Sea, Sea of Japan
Suborder
Odontoceti
: toothed whales
Family
Delphinidae
: oceanic dolphins
Short-beaked common dolphin

Delphinus delphis
(짧은부리참돌고래)

Delphinus delphis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Warmer coastal waters Throughout
  • I:
    Least concern
  • K: Unknown.[110]
Common bottlenose dolphin

Tursiops truncatus
(큰돌고래)

Tursiops truncatus
Warmer coastal and open waters Throughout
  • I:
    Least concern
Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin

Tursiops aduncus
(남방큰돌고래)

Tursiops aduncus
Warmer coastal waters Endangered, resident at Jeju Island
Striped dolphin

Stenella coeruleoalba
(줄무늬돌고래)

Stenella coeruleoalba
Warmer coastal and open waters
  • I: LR/cd.
Fraser's dolphin

Lagenodelphis hosei
(사라와크돌고래)

Lagenodelphis hosei
Warmer coastal waters Vagrant
Pacific white-sided dolphin

Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
(낫돌고래)

Sagmatias obliquidens
(Gill, 1865)
Warmer coastal waters Sea of Japan[111]
  • I:
    Least concern
Risso's dolphin

Grampus griseus
(큰코돌고래)

Grampus griseus
Coastal and open seas Sea of Japan, Korea Strait, East China Sea
Family
Globicephala
: pilot whales
Short-finned pilot whale

Globicephala macrorhynchus
(들쇠고래)

Globicephala macrorhynchus
Open seas Sea of Japan, Korea Strait, East China Sea
  • I:LR/cd
False killer whale

Pseudorca crassidens
(흑범고래)

Pseudorca crassidens
Coastal and open seas Sea of Japan, Korea Strait, East China Sea
  • I:LR/lc
Pygmy killer whale

Feresa attenuata
(들고양이고래)

Feresa attenuata
Coastal and open seas Korea Strait, East China Sea
Killer whale

Orcinus orca
(범고래)

Orcinus orca
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Coastal waters Throughout (reduced by Japanese whalers)
Beluga

Delphinapterus leucas
(흰돌고래)

Delphinapterus leucas
(Pallas, 1776)
Coastal waters Vagrant from the Sea of Okhotsk[114]
Family
Phocoenidae
: porpoises
Dall's porpoise

Phocoenoides dalli
(까치돌고래)

Phocoenoides dalli


(True, 1885)

Colder ocean waters North of the 35th parallel in the Sea of Japan
Harbour porpoise

Phocoena phocoena
(쇠돌고래)

Phocoena phocoena
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Colder ocean waters Sea of Japan
  • I:
    Conservation dependent[116]
Finless porpoise

Finless porpoise in Namhae
(상괭이)

Neophocaena phocaenoides
(Cuvier, 1829)
Coastal waters Yellow Sea (such as at Baengnyeongdo), Korea Strait, southern Sea of Japan
Family
Physeteridae
: sperm whales
Sperm whale

Physeter macrocephalus
(향고래)

Physeter macrocephalus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Deep oceans Korea Strait, East China Sea, Sea of Japan (in small numbers)
Family
Ziphiidae
: beaked whales
Giant beaked whale

Berardius bairdii
(큰부리고래)

Berardius bairdii
(
Stejneger
, 1883)
Open seas Sea of Japan (reduced by Japanese whalers)
  • I:
    Conservation dependent[120]
Cuvier's beaked whale

Ziphius cavirostris
(민부리고래)

Ziphius cavirostris
Open seas Sea of Japan, East China Sea
Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale

Mesoplodon ginkgodens
(은행이빨부리고래)

Mesoplodon ginkgodens
Open seas Sea of Japan, Jeju,[121] East China Sea, Yellow Sea[122]

Order Erinaceomorpha: hedgehogs

Common name

(Korean name)

Species

(authority)

Preferred habitat Range Status[1]
Family Erinaceidae: hedgehogs
Amur hedgehog

Erinaceus amurensis
(고슴도치)

Erinaceus amurensis
(
Schrenk
, 1859)
Deciduous and mixed forests[123] Throughout mainland

Order Soricomorpha: shrews and moles

Common name

(Korean name)

Species

(authority)

Preferred habitat Range Status[1]
Family Talpidae: moles
Japanese mole

Mogera wogura
(두더지)

Mogera wogura
Temminck
, 1833)
High moist forest Throughout mainland; not found on
Jeju or Ulleungdo
Family
Soricidae
: shrews
Dsinezumi shrew


(제주땃쥐)

Crocidura dsinezumi
(
Temminck
, 1842)
Damp forest and grassland Found only on
Jeju[125]
  • I:
    Least concern
  • K: Uncertain[125]
Ussuri white-toothed shrew


(땃쥐)

Crocidura lasiura
(Dobson, 1890)
Widespread Throughout mainland
  • I:
    Least concern
  • K: Common[126]
Lesser white-toothed shrew

Crocidura suaveolens
(작은땃쥐)

Crocidura suaveolens
(Pallas, 1811)
Moist deciduous forest Throughout, including Ulleungdo[126]
  • I:
    Least concern
  • K: Common[126]
Eurasian water shrew

Neomys fodiens
(갯첨서)

Neomys fodiens
(Pennant, 1771)
Riparian areas and mountain lakes[126]
Northern North Korea.[127]
Laxmann's shrew


(뒤쥐)

Sorex caecutiens
(
Laxmann
, 1788)
Rugged mountains Northern and northeastern North Korea.[128]
Siberian large-toothed shrew


(백두산뒤쥐)

Sorex daphaenodon
(Thomas, 1907)
alpine meadows
Paektusan region.[129]
  • I:
    Least concern
Slender shrew


(쇠뒤쥐)

Sorex gracillimus
(Thomas, 1907)
Coniferous forest and alpine regions Northeastern North Korea.[130]
  • I:
    Least concern
  • K: Common[131]
Taiga shrew


(큰발뒤쥐)

Sorex isodon
(
Turov
, 1924)
Mountain forest
Baekdudaegan mountains.[132]
  • I:
    Least concern
Eurasian least shrew

Sorex minutissimus
(꼬마뒤쥐)

Sorex minutissimus
(Zimmermann, 1780)
Rugged mountains bove 1500 meters[133] Central and northern Korea.[134]
Ussuri shrew


(큰첨서)

Sorex mirabilis
(Ognev, 1937)
Moist ground above 1500 meters[133] Central and northern Korea
Long-clawed shrew

Sorex unguiculatus
(긴발톱첨서)

Sorex unguiculatus
(Dobson, 1890)
High moist areas Northeastern North Korea.[135]

Order Chiroptera: bats

Common name

(Korean name)

Species

(authority)

Preferred habitat Range Status[1]
Family
Rhinolophidae
: horseshoe bats
Greater horseshoe bat

Rhinolophus ferrumequinum
(관박쥐)

Rhinolophus ferrumequinum
(Schreber, 1774)
Roosts in caves and abandoned mines Scattered throughout, including
Jeju
Family Vespertilionidae: vesper bats
Kobayashi's bat


(고바야시박쥐)

Eptesicus koyabashii
(Mori, 1928)
West central Korea.[138]
Northern bat

Eptesicus nilssonii
(생박쥐)

Eptesicus nilssonii
(
Keyserling & Blasius
, 1839)
Found in
North Hamgyong
, northeastern North Korea
Serotine bat

Eptesicus serotinus
(문둥이박쥐)

Eptesicus serotinus
(Schreber, 1774)
Roosts in roofs and walls Most common in northwestern Korea
Savi's pipistrelle

Hypsugo savii
(큰집박쥐)

Hypsugo savii[141]
(Bonaparte, 1837)
Roosts in caves[142] Throughout
  • I:
    Least concern
  • K: Uncommon[25]
Common bent-wing bat

Miniopterus schreibersi
(긴날개박쥐)

Miniopterus schreibersi
(Kuhl, 1817)
Grassland and forest in summer; caves in winter Scattered throughout
Little tube-nosed bat


(작은관코박쥐)

Murina aurata
(Milne-Edwards, 1872)
Unknown
Greater tube-nosed bat

Murina leucogaster
(관코박쥐)

Murina leucogaster
(Milne-Edwards, 1872)
Unknown.[145]
Far Eastern myotis


(흰배윗수염박쥐)

Myotis bombinus[146]
(Thomas, 1906)
Hibernates in caves Throughout, including
Jeju
Daubenton's bat

Myotis daubentoni
(물윗수염박쥐)

Myotis daubentonii
(Kuhl, 1817)
Near water Throughout, including
Jeju
  • I:
    Least concern
  • K: Uncommon[140]
Hodgson's bat

Myotis formosus
(오렌지윗수염박쥐)

Myotis formosus
(Hodgson, 1835)
Scattered throughout; not found on
Jeju[148]
Fraternal myotis


(긴꼬리윗수염박쥐)

Myotis frater
(G.M. Allen, 1923)
Forests Northern Korea.[149]
Ikonnikov's bat


(작은윗수염박쥐)

Myotis ikonnikovi
(Ognev, 1912)
Scattered throughout, including
Jeju
Eastern long-fingered bat


(큰발윗수염박쥐)

Myotis macrodactylus
(
Temminck
, 1840)
Local throughout, including
Jeju
Whiskered bat

Myotis mystacinus
(윗수염박쥐)

Myotis mystacinus
(Kuhl, 1817)
Forests Scattered throughout, including
  • I:
    Least concern
Birdlike noctule


(멧박쥐)

Nyctalus aviator
(Thomas, 1911)
Scattered throughout
Java pipistrelle


(큰집박쥐)

Pipistrellus javanicus[154]


(Gray, 1838)

Scattered throughout
  • I:
    Least concern
  • K: Common[25]
Brown long-eared bat

Plecotus auritus
(토끼박쥐)

Plecotus auritus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
High mountains The
Paektusan
area in northern North Korea
Particoloured bat

Vespertilio murinus
(북방애기박쥐)

Vespertilio murinus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
High forest and grassland in the summer
North Hamgyong
, North Korea
Asian particolored bat


(안주애기박쥐)

Vespertilio superans
(Thomas, 1899)
West central Korea.[155]

Order Lagomorpha: lagomorphs

Common name

(Korean name)

Species

(authority)

Preferred habitat Range Status[1]
Family Leporidae: leporids
Korean hare


(멧토끼)

Lepus coreanus
(Thomas, 1892)
Widespread at low altitudes.[156] Throughout mainland.[157]
Manchurian hare


(북방토끼)

Lepus mandschuricus
(
Radde
, 1861)
High rocky forest Northern Korea
  • I:
    Least concern
  • K: Common[157]
Family
Ochotonidae
: pikas
Northern pika

Ochotona hyperborea
(우는토끼)

Ochotona hyperborea
(Pallas, 1811)
Alpine meadows
, 1000–2500 m.
Northern Korea
  • I:
    Least concern
  • K: Common[157]

Order Primates: prosimians and simians

Common name

(Korean name)

Species

(authority)

Preferred habitat Range Status[1]
Family Hominidae: great apes
Human

Homo sapiens
(사람)

Homo sapiens
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Widespread Throughout

Order Rodentia: rodents

Common name

(Korean name)

Species

(authority)

Preferred habitat Range Status[1]
Family Muridae: murids
Striped field mouse

Apodemus agrarius
(등줄쥐)

Apodemus agrarius
(Pallas, 1771)
Widespread Throughout, including
Jeju[159]
Jeju striped field mouse


(제주등줄쥐)

Apodemus chejuensis[161]
(Jones & Johnson, 1965)
Widespread Found only on
Jeju
Korean field mouse


(흰넓적다리붉은쥐)

Apodemus peninsulae
(Thomas, 1907)
Forest verges and brushland Throughout mainland
  • I:
    Least concern
  • K: Common[159]
Eurasian harvest mouse

Micromys minutus
(멧밭쥐)

Micromys minutus
(Pallas, 1771)
Low grasslands and fields Throughout; not found on Ulleungdo
House mouse

Mus musculus
(생쥐)

Mus musculus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Human dwellings Throughout
Brown rat

Rattus norvegicus
(집쥐)

Rattus norvegicus
(
Berkenhout
, 1769)
Urban and cultivated areas Throughout
Black rat

Rattus rattus
(애급쥐)

Rattus rattus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Urban areas Central and southern Korea
Family Cricetidae: cricetids
Northern red-backed vole

Myodes rutilus
(숲들쥐)

Myodes rutilus
(Pallas, 1779)
High, dense
mixed forest
Far northeastern Korea
Grey red-backed vole

Myodes rufocanus
(대륙밭쥐)

Myodes rufocanus
Sundevall
, 1846)
Boreal forest
Northern Korea
Chinese striped hamster

Cricetulus barbarensis
(비단털등줄쥐)

Cricetulus barabensis
(Pallas, 1773)
Fields
Cholsan
, North Korea
Royal vole


(비단털들쥐)

Eothenomys regulus
(Thomas, 1907)
Widespread; avoids deep forest Southern, central and northwestern Korea
Mandarin vole

Lasiopodomys mandarinus
(쇠갈밭쥐)

Lasiopodomys mandarinus[172]
(Milne-Edwards, 1871)
Grassy wetlands Southwestern Korea
Reed vole

Microtus fortis
(갈밭쥐)

Microtus fortis
(Büchner, 1889)
High fields and forest verges Western and northern Korea
  • I:
    Least concern
  • K: Locally abundant[170]
Muskrat

Ondatra zibethicus
(사향쥐)

Ondatra zibethicus
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Marshes and lakes Tumen River basin, North Korea.[173]
Greater long-tailed hamster


(비단털쥐)

Tscherskia triton
(de Winton, 1899)
Widespread Throughout, including Jeju[170]
Family Myocastoridae: coypu
Coypu

Myocastor coypus
(뉴트리아)

Myocastor coypus


(Molina, 1782)

Wetlands South Korea's Yeongnam region (Introduced for farming in the 1990s)
Family
Sciuridae
: squirrels
Siberian flying squirrel

Pteromys volans


(하늘다람쥐)

Pteromys volans
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Boreal forest
Far northeast and Taebaek Mountains
Red squirrel

Sciurus vulgaris
(청설모)

Sciurus vulgaris
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Forests Throughout mainland[177]
Siberian chipmunk

Tamias sibiricus
(다람쥐)

Tamias sibiricus
(
Laxmann
, 1769)
Forests Inland throughout
Family
Dipodidae
: jumping mice
Long-tailed birch mouse


(긴꼬리꼬마쥐)

Sicista caudata
(Thomas, 1907)
Riparian zones and wetlands Northeastern Korea[178]

See also

  • List of mammals in North Korea
  • List of mammals in South Korea

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j The following abbreviations are used:
  2. ^ Yeong-Seok Jo, John T. Baccus, John Koprowski, 2018, Mammals of Korea, p.30, National Institute of Biological Resources of Korea
  3. ^ Given as Nemorhaedus goral in Won (2004). The Korean population is generally referred to N. c. raddeanus Heude.
  4. ^ Won (2004), p. 273; Won & Smith (1999), p. 21. It was once widespread across the Taebaek and Rangrim ranges, but the population had fallen to around 40 by 1990.
  5. ^ Caprinae Specialist Group (1996). "Naemorhedus caudatus ssp. raddeanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996. Retrieved 5 October 2006.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Won & Smith (1999), p. 7.
  7. North Korean natural monument 293. "천연기념물". Archived from the original
    on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2006-12-01.
  8. South Korean natural monument #217 on November 20, 1968. "산양". Cultural Heritage Administration website. Archived from the original
    on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2006-12-01.
  9. ^ Won (2008), p. 264
  10. . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  11. ^ Won & Smith (1999), p. 21.
  12. ^ Won (2004), p. 264
  13. . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  14. Paegam population Natural Monument 362. "삼지연사슴". Cultural Heritage Administration website. Archived from the original
    on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2006-12-01.
  15. . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  16. ^ a b c Won & Smith (1999), p. 7. One of only 3 mammal species legally hunted in South Korea.
  17. . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  18. Taehung county is designated #401. [1][permanent dead link
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  19. ^ Designated natural monument #216 on October 20, 1968. "사향노루". Cultural Heritage Administration website. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2006-12-01.
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  21. .
  22. ^ Won (2004), p. 147.
  23. .
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  27. ^ Won (2004, p. 151); Won & Smith (1999), p. 7.
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  29. ^ Won & Smith (1999), p. 18.
  30. ^ Breitenmoser, U.; Breitenmoser-Würsten, C.; Lanz, T.; von Arx, M.; Antonevich, A.; Bao, W. & Avgan, B. (2015). "Lynx lynx". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T12519A121707666.
  31. .
  32. .
  33. ^ Won & Smith 1999, pp. 7, 18.
  34. Poptong population is designated Natural Monument #249, and population in Yonsa's Sinyang workers' district is designated #331. "법동수달". 남북한의 천연기념물. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2006-12-06. "천연기념물". Archived from the original
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  35. ^ Designated as Natural Monument #330."Natural Monuments No. 330". Cultural Heritage Administration website. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2006-10-01.
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  38. Paegam population is designated North Korean Natural Monument #331. "백암검은돈". 남북한의 천연기념물. Archived from the original
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  40. ^ The variety of M. sibirica found on Jeju Island is sometimes regarded as a separate subspecies, the "Jeju weasel" or Mustela sibirica quelpartis Thomas 1906.
  41. .
  42. ^ Due to heavy hunting Won & Smith (1999), p. 17.
  43. Ryongrim population was designated natural monument #124 on January 1, 1980. "룡림큰곰". 남북한희 천연기념물. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2006-12-06. The Yonsa population has been designated natural monument #330."천연기념물". Archived from the original
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  44. ^ Given in many sources as Selenarctos thibetanus
  45. .
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  49. ^ Pop. estimated at 1.3 million in Won (2004), p. 191.
  50. ^ Designated Natural Monument #331 on November 4, 1982. Won (2004), p. 194.
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