List of mammals of Korea

Korean Peninsula and surrounding islands

Once common throughout Korea, the red fox is now extremely rare.

Approximately 100 species of mammal are known to inhabit, or recently to have inhabited, the Korean Peninsula and its surrounding waters. This includes a few species that were introduced in the 20th century; 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 and Japanese sea lion have probably 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 Jeju, and the rugged northeastern Paektu Mountain region, are particularly known for their distinctive mammal species. Several species, including the Dsinezumi shrew, are found only on Jeju, while many other species, such as the wild boar, are absent or extirpated from there. Some mammals, such as the Manchurian wapiti, are considered natural monuments of North Korea, while others, such as the spotted seal, are considered natural monuments of South Korea.

Order Artiodactyla: even-toed ungulates

Common name (Korean name)	Species (authority)	Preferred habitat	Range	Status[1]
Family Bovidae: bovids
Long-tailed goral (산양)	Naemorhedus caudatus[2] (Hamilton Smith, 1827)	High mountains	Northern Taebaek Mountains, including the Demilitarized Zone.[3]	I: Vulnerable[4] K: Endangered[5] NK: Natural monument[6] SK: Natural monument[7]
Family Cervidae: deer
Siberian roe deer (노루)	Capreolus pygargus (Pallas, 1771)	Forest verges	Throughout; not found on Ulleungdo	I: Least concern[8] K: Locally abundant[9]
Manchurian wapiti (붉은사슴)	Cervus c. xanthopygus (Erxleben, 1777)	Forest verges	North Hamgyong and the Paektusan region	I: Least concern[10] K: Rare[5] NK: Natural monument[11]
Manchurian sika deer (대륙사슴)	Cervus n. mantchuricus (Temminck, 1838)	Open forests and forest verges	Throughout mainland[12]	I: Least concern.[13] K: Vulnerable[5] NK: Natural monument[14]
Water deer (고라니)	Hydropotes inermis (Swinhoe, 1870)	Low mountains and riparian areas	Throughout mainland	I: Near threatened[15] SK: Game[16]
Family Suidae: pigs
Wild boar (멧돼지)	Sus s. ussuricus (Linnaeus, 1758)	Mountain forests	Throughout mainland	I: Least concern[17] SK: Game[16]
Family Moschidae: musk deer
Siberian musk deer (사향노루)	Moschus moschiferus (Linnaeus, 1758)	Mountain forests	North Korea; also found in Gangwon, South Korea	I: Vulnerable[18] K: Endangered[5] NK: Natural monument[19] SK: Natural monument[20]

Order Carnivora: carnivores

Common name (Korean name)	Species (authority)	Preferred habitat	Range	Status[1]
Family Canidae: canids
Eurasian wolf (늑대)	Canis lupus (Linnaeus, 1758)	Forests and open woods	Paektu Mountain area	I: Least concern[21] K: Endangered[5][22]
Dhole (승냥이)	Cuon alpinus[23] (Pallas, 1811)	Dense forests and high mountains	Paektu Mountain area	I: Endangered[24] K: Vulnerable[5]
Raccoon dog (너구리)	Nyctereutes procyonoides (Gray, 1834)	Wooded valleys	Throughout mainland	I: Least concern[25] K: Uncommon[26]
Red fox (여우)	Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758)	Brushy areas and forest verges	Northern and northeastern Korea	I: Least concern[27] K: Endangered[28]
Family Felidae: felids
Leopard cat (삵)	Prionailurus bengalensis[29] (Kerr, 1792)	Dense forests	Central and northern Korea	I: Least concern[30] K: Vulnerable[31]
Eurasian lynx (스라소니)	Lynx lynx (Linnaeus, 1758)	Montane forests	North Hamgyong and Chagang, North Korea and Korean Demilitarized Zone.[32]	I: Near threatened[33] K: Endangered[5]
Amur leopard (표범)	Panthera pardus orientalis (Schlegel, 1857)	High dense forests	Northern Korea	I: Critically endangered[34] K: Endangered[5]
Siberian tiger (호랑이)	Panthera tigris altaica (Temminck, 1844)	Rocky forests	Hamgyong provinces, northeastern North Korea and Korean Demilitarized Zone.[32]	I: Critically endangered[35] NK: Critically endangered, natural monument
Family Mustelidae: mustelids
European otter (수달)	Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758)	Riparian areas	Throughout mainland, scattered	I: Near threatened K: Endangered[36] NK: Natural monument[37] SK: Natural monument[38]
Yellow-throated marten (담비)	Martes flavigula (Boddaert, 1785)	High forests	Northern Korea	I: Least concern K: Vulnerable[5]
Japanese marten (산달)	Martes melampus (Wagner, 1841)	High forests	Central and northern Korea[31]	I: Least concern K: Rare[5] NK: Natural monument[39]
Sable (검은담비)	Martes zibellina (Linnaeus, 1758)	High, dense boreal forests	North Hamgyong, northeastern North Korea	I: Least concern K: Endangered[5] NK: Natural monument[40]
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[41]	I: Least concern K: Rare to locally abundant[41]
Siberian weasel (족제비)	Mustela sibirica[42] (Pallas, 1773)	Forests and riparian areas	Throughout, including Jeju[41]	I: Least concern K: Locally abundant[41]
Family Ursidae: bears
Asian black bear (반달가슴곰)	Ursus thibetanus[43] (G. Cuvier, 1823)	Thick forests	Jirisan and Seoraksan in South Korea; Mount Kumgang and Paektu Mountain in North Korea	I: Vulnerable[44] K: Endangered[5] SK: Natural monument[45]
Brown bear (불곰)	Ursus arctos (Linnaeus, 1758)	Thick forests	Central and northern Korea	I: least concern[46] K: Endangered[47] NK: Natural monument[48]
Superfamily Pinnipedia: pinnipeds
Common name (Korean name)	Species (authority)	Preferred habitat	Range	Status[1][49]
Family Otariidae: eared seals
Northern fur seal (바다말|물개|바다말)	Callorhinus ursinus (Linnaeus, 1758)	Coasts and seas	Most common in the Sea of Japan	I: Vulnerable[50][51]
Steller sea lion (큰바다사자)	Eumetopias jubatus (Schreber, 1776)	Coasts and seas	Northern Yellow Sea and Sea of Japan
Japanese sea lion (일본강치)	Zalophus japonicus (Peters, 1866)	Coasts and seas	East China Sea, Korea Strait, Sea of Japan	I: Extinct in 1970s (IUCN 3.1)
California sea lion (바다사자)	Zalophus japonicus[52] (Peters, 1866)	Rocky coasts	Last seen on Liancourt Rocks in 1951
Family Phocidae: earless seals
Harbor seal (잔점박이물범)	Phoca vitulina (Linnaeus, 1758)	Coasts and seas	Northern Sea of Japan	I: Least concern
Spotted seal (점박이물범)	Phoca largha (Pallas, 1811)	Coasts and seas	Throughout Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan, and Korea Strait; large colony on Baengnyeongdo	I: Least concern K: Vulnerable[5] SK: Natural monument[53]

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 (북태평양참고래|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. Interestingly, all modern records of the species in Yellow Sea had been concentrated vicinity to Haiyang Island, and all modern catches[54] and strandings and sightings in East China Sea have been restricted around Amami Oshima[55][56][57][58] (5 records on Amami and Sukomobanare Islands in the last 110 years[59]) 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.[60][61] Last record sighting on Amami was of a 10-meter individual off Cape Miyakozaki on January 28, 2014, and another whale (unknown whether or not the same individual) swam into Ushibuka Port on March 28. Prior to this, a 10-meter individual was seen in Yakiuchi Bay on April 12, 1997.[62][63] Last record in Yellow Sea was of the catch of a single whale in the south of Haiyang Dao in December 1977.[64] Prior to this, a pair was caught off Haiyang Dao by Japanese whalers in north of the island in January 1973 where both of these were later made to be specimen where smaller specimen became the only specimen (with skins and baleens) of the species in the world at the Dalian Natural History Museum,[65] and the larger individual is now on the Zhejiang Museum of Natural History.[66] reaching around 16–17.1m, and were later made to be specimens for exhibition at several locations.[67] Many of these captured individuals were rather large individuals as reaching around 16m, and were later made to be specimens for exhibition at several locations.[68] There have also been unknown quantity of modern catches exist on Taiwan as well.[69] At least two whales were taken off Haiyang in the Yellow Sea in by Japanese whalers in 1944. There have been none of confirmed records along Chinese coasts targeting right whales since after the last catch (or a sighting) in 1977.[70] For the catches in the Yellow Sea, P Wang, the same researcher who reported the catch in December 1977 off Haiyang Island in the Yellow Sea mentioned that it was possibly the same record as one in 1944 by Japanese whalers.[71] The first confirmed record of the species happened in February, Namhae,[72] 41 years after the last record in 1974[73][74] (an illegal catch).[75][76][77] This case was an entanglement and joint releasing effort by the governmental team and Busan aquarium was taken place,[78][79] although the whale disappeared during the night after the efforts, the actual consequences of disappearance[80] and the fate of whale is unclear due to failure of monitoring thereafter.	I: EN Endangered CA: Endangered Northeast Pacific subpopulation I: CR Critically endangered
Bowhead whale (북극고래|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).[81]	I: LC Least Concern CA: Endangered Sea of Okhotsk subpopulation[82] I: ENEndangered
Family Eschrichtiidae: gray whales
Gray whale (귀신고래)	Eschrichtius robustus (Lilljeborg, 1861)	Migratory through coastal waters	Sea of Japan, Korea Strait, Yellow Sea, East China Sea (wiped out by Japanese whalers) Gray Whale Migration Site[83] was listed as South Korea's the 126th national monument in 1962,[84] and national protection of higher priorities was situated although illegal hunts had been taken place thereafter,[85] and there have been no recent sightings of the species in Korean waters. There had been at least 24 records of gray whales in Chinese waters since in 1933 including sighting, stranding, and bycatches.[86] DNA analysis of 2011 specimen indicate that this female might not originate in the western population. Last record in Korean waters was of the sighting of a pair off Bangeojin, Ulsan in 1977.[87] Historically, possibly year-round residential happened in Chinese waters[88] hence residential or semi-residential occurrences around Korean Peninsula could have been feasible as well.	*I: LC Endangered CA: Threatened/special concern[89] BC: Blue List QC: Listing candidate
Family Balaenopteridae: rorquals
Humpback whale (흑고래)	Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)	Coastal waters, often penetrates estuaries	Very small numbers in East Sea and Korea Strait and Yellow Sea, seasonally residents in East China Sea Being wiped out by Japanese whalers (see more details in Wildlife of China).	I: LC Least concern CA: Threatened/not at risk[90] BC: Blue List
Minke whale (밍크고래)	Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Lacépède, 1804)	Widespread	Yellow Sea,[91] East China Sea, East Sea 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.[85]	I: Near threatened.[92]
Blue whale (대왕고래)	Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)	Widespread but less common in Mediterranean seas (smaller numbers historically migrated into both sides of Korean Peninsula)[93]	Regarded as being almost/already extinct in east Asian waters[94] Being wiped out by Japanese whalers. Of the populations that once existed off coastal Japan, the last recorded confirmed stranding was in the 1950s.[95] During cetacean sighting visual surveys in Tsushima Strait conducted by Japanese Coast Guard, several gigantic whales measuring over 20m in length have been observed in recent years, however their exact identities are unclear.[96]	I: Conservation dependent.[97]
Fin whale (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.[98] After the functional extinction in Pacific side of Japanese waters between the 1910s and 1930s,[54] 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)[99] 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 Hokaido, Sanriku, and the Gotō Islands.[100] Very small number of residents in Sea of Japan, Korea Strait today, being almost extinct in Yellow Sea and East China Sea.[101] 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,[102] indicate that remnants of the Sea of Japan or the Yellow– ohai Sea groups still pass through the Tsushima Strait[96] 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.	I: Endangered.[106]
I: Conservation dependent.[107] SK: Natural monument[108]
Bryde's whale and Eden's whale[109] (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.[85][110]	I: Endangered.[106]
Omura's whale (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)	I: Data deficient[106]
Sei whale (밍크고래)	Balaenoptera borealis	Widespread	Yellow Sea,[111] East China Sea, Sea of Japan	I: Endangered.[106]
Suborder Odontoceti: toothed whales
Family Delphinidae: oceanic dolphins
Short-beaked common dolphin (짧은부리참돌고래)	Delphinus delphis (Linnaeus, 1758)	Warmer coastal waters	Throughout	I: Least concern K: Unknown.[112]
Common bottlenose dolphin (큰돌고래)	Tursiops truncatus	Warmer coastal and open waters	Throughout	I: Least concern
Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (남방큰돌고래)	Tursiops aduncus	Warmer coastal waters	Endangered, resident at Jeju Island	I: Data deficient
Striped dolphin (줄무늬돌고래)	Stenella coeruleoalba	Warmer coastal and open waters		I: LR/cd.
Fraser's dolphin (사라와크돌고래)	Lagenodelphis hosei	Warmer coastal waters	Vagrant	I: Data deficient
Pacific white-sided dolphin (낫돌고래)	Lagenorhynchus obliquidens (Gill, 1865)	Warmer coastal waters	Sea of Japan[113]	I: Least concern
Risso's dolphin (큰코돌고래)	Grampus griseus	Coastal and open seas	Sea of Japan, Korea Strait, East China Sea	I: Data deficient
Family Globicephala: pilot whales
Short-finned pilot whale (들쇠고래)	Globicephala macrorhynchus	Open seas	Sea of Japan, Korea Strait, East China Sea	I:LR/cd
False killer whale (흑범고래)	Pseudorca crassidens	Coastal and open seas	Sea of Japan, Korea Strait, East China Sea	I:LR/lc
Pygmy killer whale (들고양이고래)	Feresa attenuata	Coastal and open seas	Korea Strait, East China Sea	I: Data deficient
Killer whale (범고래)	Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)	Coastal waters	Throughout (reduced by Japanese whalers)	I: Conservation dependent[114] K: Unknown, possibly common[115]
Beluga (흰돌고래)	Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)	Coastal waters	Vagrant from the Sea of Okhotsk[116]	I: Vulnerable
Family Phocoenidae: porpoises
Dall's porpoise (까치돌고래)	Phocoenoides dalli (True, 1885)	Colder ocean waters	North of the 35th parallel in the Sea of Japan	I: Vulnerable[117]
Harbour porpoise (쇠돌고래)	Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)	Colder ocean waters	Sea of Japan	I: Conservation dependent[118]
Finless porpoise (상괭이)	Neophocaena phocaenoides (Cuvier, 1829)	Coastal waters	Yellow Sea (such as at Baengnyeongdo), Korea Strait, southern Sea of Japan	I: Data deficient.[119] K: Caught frequently.[120]
Family Physeteridae: sperm whales
Sperm whale (향고래)	Physeter macrocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)	Deep oceans	Korea Strait, East China Sea, Sea of Japan (in small numbers)	I: Vulnerable[121]
Family Ziphiidae: beaked whales
Giant beaked whale (큰부리고래)	Berardius bairdii (Stejneger, 1883)	Open seas	Sea of Japan (reduced by Japanese whalers)	I: Conservation dependent[122]
Cuvier's beaked whale (민부리고래)	Ziphius cavirostris	Open seas	Sea of Japan, East China Sea	I: Least concern[123]
Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (은행이빨부리고래)	Mesoplodon ginkgodens	Open seas	Sea of Japan, Jeju,[124] East China Sea, Yellow Sea[125]	I: Data deficient

Order Erinaceomorpha: hedgehogs

Common name (Korean name)	Species (authority)	Preferred habitat	Range	Status[1]
Family Erinaceidae: hedgehogs
Amur hedgehog (고슴도치)	Erinaceus amurensis (Schrenk, 1859)	Deciduous and mixed forests[126]	Throughout mainland	I: Least concern K: Rare[5]

Order Soricomorpha: shrews and moles

Common name (Korean name)	Species (authority)	Preferred habitat	Range	Status[1]
Family Talpidae: moles
Japanese mole (두더지)	Mogera wogura[127] (Temminck, 1833)	High moist forest	Throughout mainland; not found on Jeju or Ulleungdo	I: Least concern SK: Vermin[5]
Family Soricidae: shrews
Dsinezumi shrew (제주땃쥐)	Crocidura dsinezumi (Temminck, 1842)	Damp forests and grasslands	Found only on Jeju[128]	I: Least concern K: Uncertain[128]
Ussuri white-toothed shrew (땃쥐)	Crocidura lasiura (Dobson, 1890)	Widespread	Throughout mainland	I: Least concern K: Common[129]
Lesser white-toothed shrew (작은땃쥐)	Crocidura suaveolens (Pallas, 1811)	Moist deciduous forests	Throughout, including Ulleungdo[129]	I: Least concern K: Common[129]
Eurasian water shrew (갯첨서)	Neomys fodiens (Pennant, 1771)	Riparian areas and mountain lakes[129]	Northern North Korea.[130]	I: Least concern K: Rare[5]
Laxmann's shrew (뒤쥐)	Sorex caecutiens (Laxmann, 1788)	Rugged mountains	Northern and northeastern North Korea.[131]	I: Least concern K: Abundant[129]
Siberian large-toothed shrew (백두산뒤쥐)	Sorex daphaenodon (Thomas, 1907)	Boreal forests and alpine meadows	Paektusan region.[132]	I: Least concern
Slender shrew (쇠뒤쥐)	Sorex gracillimus (Thomas, 1907)	Coniferous forests and alpine regions	Northeastern North Korea.[133]	I: Least concern K: Common[134]
Taiga shrew (큰발뒤쥐)	Sorex isodon (Turov, 1924)	Mountain forests	Baekdudaegan mountains.[135]	I: Least concern
Eurasian least shrew (꼬마뒤쥐)	Sorex minutissimus (Zimmermann, 1780)	Rugged mountains bove 1500 meters[136]	Central and northern Korea.[137]	I: Least concern K: Rare[5]
Ussuri shrew (큰첨서)	Sorex mirabilis (Ognev, 1937)	Moist ground above 1500 meters[136]	Central and northern Korea	I: Least concern K: Rare[5]
Long-clawed shrew (긴발톱첨서)	Sorex unguiculatus (Dobson, 1890)	High moist areas	Northeastern North Korea.[138]	I: Least concern K: Locally abundant[139]

Order Chiroptera: bats

Common name (Korean name)	Species (authority)	Preferred habitat	Range	Status[1]
Family Rhinolophidae: horseshoe bats
Greater horseshoe bat (관박쥐)	Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774)	Roosts in caves and abandoned mines	Scattered throughout, including Jeju	I: Near threatened K: Abundant[140]
Family Vespertilionidae: vesper bats
Kobayashi's bat (고바야시박쥐)	Eptesicus koyabashii (Mori, 1928)		West central Korea.[141]	I: Data deficient[142] K: Possibly very rare[140]
Northern bat (생박쥐)	Eptesicus nilssonii (Keyserling et Blasius, 1839)		Found in Gyeonggi, northwestern South Korea, and North Hamgyong, northeastern North Korea	I: Least concern K: Locally abundant[140]
Serotine bat (문둥이박쥐)	Eptesicus serotinus (Schreber, 1774)	Roosts in roofs and walls	Most common in northwestern Korea	I: Least concern K: Locally abundant[143]
Savi's pipistrelle (큰집박쥐)	Hypsugo savii[144] (Bonaparte, 1837)	Roosts in caves[145]	Throughout	I: Least concern K: Uncommon[26]
Common bent-wing bat (긴날개박쥐)	Miniopterus schreibersi (Kuhl, 1817)	Grasslands and forests in summer; caves in winter	Scattered throughout	I: Least concern K: Rare[146]
Little tube-nosed bat (작은관코박쥐)	Murina aurata (Milne-Edwards, 1872)		Unknown	I: Near threatened[147] K: Last recorded in 1959[146]
Greater tube-nosed bat (관코박쥐)	Murina leucogaster (Milne-Edwards, 1872)		Unknown.[148]	I: Least concern K: Rare[146]
Far Eastern myotis (흰배윗수염박쥐)	Myotis bombinus[149] (Thomas, 1906)	Hibernates in caves	Throughout, including Jeju	I: Near threatened[150] K: Uncommon[143]
Daubenton's bat (물윗수염박쥐)	Myotis daubentonii (Kuhl, 1817)	Near water	Throughout, including Jeju	I: Least concern K: Uncommon[143]
Hodgson's bat (오렌지윗수염박쥐)	Myotis formosus (Hodgson, 1835)		Scattered throughout; not found on Jeju[151]	I: Least concern K: Vulnerable[143]
Fraternal myotis (긴꼬리윗수염박쥐)	Myotis frater (G.M. Allen, 1923)	Forests	Northern Korea.[152]	I: Near threatened[153] K: Very rare[154]
Ikonnikov's bat (작은윗수염박쥐)	Myotis ikonnikovi (Ognev, 1912)		Scattered throughout, including Jeju	I: Least concern K: Very rare[154]
Eastern long-fingered bat (큰발윗수염박쥐)	Myotis macrodactylus (Temminck, 1840)		Local throughout, including Jeju	I: Least concern K: Abundant[154]
Whiskered bat (윗수염박쥐)	Myotis mystacinus (Kuhl, 1817)	Forests	Scattered throughout, including Jeju and Ulleungdo[155]	I: Least concern
Birdlike noctule (멧박쥐)	Nyctalus aviator (Thomas, 1911)		Scattered throughout	I: Near threatened[156] K: Rare[154]
Java pipistrelle (큰집박쥐)	Pipistrellus javanicus[157] (Gray, 1838)		Scattered throughout	I: Least concern K: Common[26]
Brown long-eared bat (토끼박쥐)	Plecotus auritus (Linnaeus, 1758)	High mountains	The Taebaek Mountains and the Paektusan area in northern North Korea	I: Least concern K: Vulnerable[26]
Particoloured bat (북방애기박쥐)	Vespertilio murinus (Linnaeus, 1758)	High forests and grasslands in the summer	North Hamgyong, North Korea	I: Least concern K: Very rare[26]
Asian particolored bat (안주애기박쥐)	Vespertilio superans (Thomas, 1899)		West central Korea.[158]	I: Least concern K: Very rare[146]

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.[159]	Throughout mainland.[160]	I: Least concern K: Common[160] SK: Game[16]
Manchurian hare (북방토끼)	Lepus mandschuricus (Radde, 1861)	High rocky forests	Northern Korea	I: Least concern K: Common[160]
Family Ochotonidae: pikas
Northern pika (우는토끼)	Ochotona hyperborea (Pallas, 1811)	Alpine meadows, 1000–2500 m.	Northern Korea	I: Least concern K: Common[160]

Order Primates: prosimians and simians

Common name (Korean name)	Species (authority)	Preferred habitat	Range	Status[1]
Family Hominidae: great apes
Human (사람)	Homo sapiens (Linnaeus, 1758)	Widespread	Throughout	I: Least concern K: Very abundant[161]

Order Rodentia: rodents

Common name (Korean name)	Species (authority)	Preferred habitat	Range	Status[1]
Family Muridae: murids
Striped field mouse (등줄쥐)	Apodemus agrarius (Pallas, 1771)	Widespread	Throughout, including Jeju[162]	I: Least concern[163] K: Abundant[162]
Jeju striped field mouse (제주등줄쥐)	Apodemus chejuensis[164] (Jones et Johnson, 1965)	Widespread	Found only on Jeju	I: No assessment J: Very abundant[162]
Korean field mouse (흰넓적다리붉은쥐)	Apodemus peninsulae (Thomas, 1907)	Forest verges and brushland	Throughout mainland	I: Least concern K: Common[162]
Eurasian harvest mouse (멧밭쥐)	Micromys minutus (Pallas, 1771)	Low grasslands and fields	Throughout; not found on Ulleungdo	I: Near threatened[165] K: Abundant[162]
House mouse (생쥐)	Mus musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)	Human dwellings	Throughout	I: Least concern K: Abundant[162]
Brown rat (집쥐)	Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769)	Urban and cultivated areas	Throughout	I: Least concern K: Very abundant[166]
Black rat (애급쥐)	Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758)	Urban areas	Central and southern Korea	I: Least concern K: Invasive[167]
Family Cricetidae: cricetids
Northern red-backed vole (숲들쥐)	Myodes rutilus (Pallas, 1779)	High, dense mixed forest	Far northeastern Korea	I: Least concern[168] K: Abundant[169]
Grey red-backed vole (대륙밭쥐)	Myodes rufocanus[170] (Sundevall, 1846)	Boreal forest	Northern Korea	I: Least concern[171] K: Abundant[169]
Chinese striped hamster (비단털등줄쥐)	Cricetulus barabensis (Pallas, 1773)	Fields	Sinuiju and Cholsan, North Korea	I: Least concern[172] K: Uncommon[173]
Royal vole (비단털들쥐)	Eothenomys regulus (Thomas, 1907)	Widespread; avoids deep forests	Southern, central and northwestern Korea	I: Least concern[174] K: Common[169]
Mandarin vole (쇠갈밭쥐)	Lasiopodomys mandarinus[175] (Milne-Edwards, 1871)	Grassy wetlands	Southwestern Korea	I: Least concern K: Rare[5]
Reed vole (갈밭쥐)	Microtus fortis (Buchner, 1889)	High fields and forest verges	Western and northern Korea	I: Least concern K: Locally abundant[173]
Muskrat (사향쥐)	Ondatra zibethicus (Linnaeus, 1766)	Marshes and lakes	Tumen River basin, North Korea.[176]	I: Least concern K: Invasive[176]
Greater long-tailed hamster (비단털쥐)	Tscherskia triton (de Winton, 1899)	Widespread	Throughout, including Jeju[173]	I: Least concern[177] K: Common[173]
Family Myocastoridae: coypu
Coypu (뉴트리아)	Myocastor coypus (Molina, 1782)	Wetlands	South Korea's Yeongnam region (Introduced for farming in the 1990s)	I: Least concern K: Invasive[178]
Family Sciuridae: squirrels
Siberian flying squirrel (하늘다람쥐)	Pteromys volans (Linnaeus, 1758)	Boreal forest	Far northeast and Taebaek Mountains	I: Near threatened[179] K: Endangered[5]
Red squirrel (청설모)	Sciurus vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758)	Forests	Throughout mainland[180]	I: Least concern SK: Vermin[5]
Siberian chipmunk (다람쥐)	Tamias sibiricus (Laxmann, 1769)	Forests	Inland throughout	I: Least concern SK: Vermin.[5]
	name unknown no image [black or dark brown, with tufted ears, white v-shaped band across chest] [in pine forests of far south mountains and coastal areas] [status: unknown, but sometimes seen in season] [[181]]
Family Dipodidae: jumping mice
Long-tailed birch mouse (긴꼬리꼬마쥐)	Sicista caudata (Thomas, 1907)	Riparian zones and wetlands	Northeastern Korea[182]	I: Endangered[183] K: Rare[5]

See also

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

Notes

1. The following abbreviations are used:
   • I: International. These are sourced from the IUCN Red List.
   • K: Korea
   • NK: North Korea
   • SK: South Korea
   • J: Jeju
2. Given as Nemorhaedus goral in Won (2004). The Korean population is generally referred to N. c. raddeanus Heude.
3. 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.
4. Caprinae Specialist Group (1996). Naemorhedus caudatus ssp. raddeanus. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 5 October 2006.
5. Won & Smith (1999), p. 7.
6. The goral of Tanchon is designated North Korean natural monument 293.
7. Designated South Korean natural monument #217 on November 20, 1968. "산양". Cultural Heritage Administration website. Retrieved 2006-12-01.
8. Deer Specialist Group (1996). Capreolus pygargus. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 5 October 2006.
9. Won & Smith (1999), p. 21.
10. Deer Specialist Group (1996). Cervus elaphus. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 1 December 2006.
11. The Samjiyon population is designated as natural monument #354."삼지연큰사슴". Cultural Heritage Administration website. Retrieved 2006-12-01.
12. Won (2004), p. 264
13. Deer Specialist Group (1996). Cervus nippon. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 1 December 2006.
14. The Samjiyon population has been designated Natural Monument 349, and the Paegam population Natural Monument 362. "삼지연사슴". Cultural Heritage Administration website. Retrieved 2006-12-01.
15. Deer Specialist Group (1996). Hydropotes inermis. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 5 October 2006.
16. Won & Smith (1999), p. 7. One of only 3 mammal species legally hunted in South Korea.
17. Pigs & Peccaries Specialist Group (1996). Sus scrofa. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 1 December 2006.
18. Deer Specialist Group (1996). Moschus moschiferus. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 5 October 2006.
19. The musk deer of Rogya ri, in Undok, North Hamgyong, has been designated natural monument #331."록야리 사향노루". Cultural Heritage Administration website. Retrieved 2006-12-01. The population in the Mayafgdfgsertewrtwrtwertwertwerng workers' district of Musan is designated #380, while the population in Taehung county is designated #401.
20. Designated natural monument #216 on October 20, 1968. "사향노루". Cultural Heritage Administration website. Retrieved 2006-12-01.
21. Wolf Working Group (2004). Canis lupus. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2006-12-02.
22. Won (2004), p. 147.
23. Commonly referred to C. a. alpinus. Won & Smith (1999), p. 16.
24. Dhole Working Group (2004). Cuon alpinus. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2006-10-21.
25. Sillero-Zubiri, C. & Hoffmann, M. (2004). Nyctereutes procyonoides. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2006-12-02.
26. Won & Smith (1999), p. 14.
27. Macdonald, D.W. & Reynolds, J.C. (2004). Vulpes vulpes. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2006-12-02.
28. Won (2004, p. 151); Won & Smith (1999), p. 7.
29. Given as Felis bengalensis in older sources and in Won (2004).
30. Cat Specialist Group (2002). Prionailurus bengalensis. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2006-12-02.
31. Won & Smith (1999), p. 18.
32. "The DMZ After Kim: What Change in North Korea Could Mean for One of the World’s Richest Wildlife Refuges" Science.time.com by Bryan Walsh, December 19, 2011
33. Cat Specialist Group (2002). Lynx lynx. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2006-11-29.
34. Cat Specialist Group (1996). Panthera pardus ssp. orientalis. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2006-11-29.
35. Cat Specialist Group (1996). Panthera tigris ssp. altaica. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2006-11-29.
36. Designated as such in 1982. Won & Smith 1999, pp. 7, 18.
37. The Poptong population is designated Natural Monument #249, and population in Yonsa's Sinyang workers' district is designated #331. "법동수달". 남북한의 천연기념물. Retrieved 2006-12-06.
38. Designated as Natural Monument #330."Natural Monuments No. 330". Cultural Heritage Administration website. Retrieved 2006-10-01.
39. The Paegam population is designated Natural Monument #366. "백암누른돈". 남북한의 천연기념물. Retrieved 2006-12-06.
40. The Paegam population is designated North Korean Natural Monument #331. "백암검은돈". 남북한의 천연기념물. Retrieved 2006-12-06.
41. Won & Smith (1999), p. 19.
42. 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.
43. Given in many sources as Selenarctos thibetanus
44. Bear Specialist Group (1996). Ursus thibetanus. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2006-12-06.
45. Designated as South Korean natural monument 329 on November 4, 1982. Cultural Heritage Administration. "Natural Monuments 329". Exploring of Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2006-12-06.
46. Bear Specialist Group (1996). Ursus arctos. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2006-12-06.
47. Due to heavy hunting Won & Smith (1999), p. 17.
48. The Ryongrim population was designated natural monument #124 on January 1, 1980. "룡림큰곰". 남북한희 천연기념물. Retrieved 2006-12-06. The Yonsa population has been designated natural monument #330.
49. According to Won (2004, p. 188ff), seals are protected from hunting under South Korean law.
50. Seal Specialist Group (1996). Callorhinus ursinus. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2006-12-10.
51. Pop. estimated at 1.3 million in Won (2004), p. 191.
52. Sometimes treated as a subspecies of the California sea lion, Zalophus californianus japonicus.
53. Designated Natural Monument #331 on November 4, 1982. Won (2004), p. 194.
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108. Its feeding grounds have been designated South Korean natural monument 126.
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113. The Sea of Japan population is estimated at 80,000-100,000. Won (2004), p. 245.
114. Cetacean Specialist Group (1996). Orcinus orca. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2006-12-10.
115. Won (2004), p. 238.
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123. Cetacean Specialist Group (1996). Ziphius cavirostris. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2006-12-10.
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126. Won & Smith (1999), p. 6.
127. Sometimes considered two species, Mogera robusta and Mogera wogura
128. Formerly common on Jeju, but has not been reported there since the 1970s. Won & Smith (1999), p. 8.
129. Won & Smith (1999), p. 9.
130. There are also unverified reports from Seoraksan in South Korea. Won (2004), p. 29.
131. Also reported from Mungyeong, South Korea.
132. The first specimen was found there in 2001. Won (2004), p. 31.
133. There is also an unconfirmed 1983 report from Jirisan in South Korea. Won (2004), p. 32.
134. Won & Smith (1999), p. 10.
135. The first specimen was taken on Odaesan in South Korea in 1999. Won (2004), p. 33; cites Han et al. (2000), "New records of two Sorex species (Soricidae) from South Korea", Mammal Study 25:2, 141-144.
136. Won (2004), p. 34.
137. Has been recorded only from Seoraksan and Odaesan. Won & Smith (1999), p. 10.
138. May also have been collected from Jirisan, but this has not been confirmed. Won (2004), p. 35.
139. Won & Smith (1999), p. 10-11.
140. Won & Smith (1999), p. 11.
141. Kobayashi's bat has been reported from Pyongyang, Kaesong, and Seoul, according to Won (2004), p. 85.
142. Chiroptera Specialist Group (1996). Eptesicus kobayashii. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2006-12-10.
143. Won & Smith (1999), p. 12.
144. Often given as Pipistrellus savii, or considered to be a separate species Pipistrellus coreensis. Won (2004), p. 72; Won & Smith (1999), p. 14.
145. Won (2004), p. 72.
146. Won & Smith (1999), p. 15.
147. Chiroptera Specialist Group (1996). Murina aurata. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2006-12-10.
148. Won & Smith (1999), p. 15. Won & Smith suggest that its range probably includes east-central and northeastern Korea.
149. Formerly considered a subspecies of Myotis nattereri. Won & Smith (1999), p. 12.
150. Chiroptera Specialist Group (1996). Myotis bombinus. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2006-12-10.
151. Won (2004), p. 61.
152. Also reported from Masan, South Korea, according to Won (2004), p. 57.
153. Chiroptera Specialist Group (1996). Myotis frater. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2006-12-10.
154. Won & Smith (1999), p. 13.
155. Won (2004), p. 54.
156. Chiroptera Specialist Group (1996). Nyctalus aviator. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2006-12-10.
157. Sometimes considered to belong to Pipistrellus abramus
158. There are records from the provinces of Gyeonggi, South Korea, and South Pyongan, North Korea. However, the only recent record is from Anju in North Korea.
159. Seldom seen at elevations above 500 meters, according to Ministry of Environment (2005). "멧토끼". 한국고유생물종도감 [Hanguk goyu saengmuljong dogam] [English title: Endemic species of Korea] (PDF). p. 6.
160. Won & Smith (1999), p. 28.
161. Bergsten & Chʻoe (2003), p. vii.
162. Won & Smith (1999), p. 27.
163. Amori, G. (1996). Apodemus agrarius. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2006-12-07.
164. Formerly considered a subspecies of Apodemus agrarius, but shown to be a separate species by mitochondrial studies in the 1990s. Won & Smith (1999), p. 27.
165. Amori, G. (1996). Micromys minutus. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2006-12-10.
166. Possibly the most abundant mammal on the Korean Peninsula, according to Won & Smith (1999), p. 28.
167. Introduced accidentally, according to Won & Smith (1999), p. 28.
168. Amori, G. (1996). Clethrionomys rutilus. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2006-12-07.
169. Won & Smith (1999), p. 25.
170. Sometimes given as Clethrionomys rufocanus
171. Amori, G. (1996). Clethrionomys rufocanus. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2006-12-07.
172. Baillie, J. (1996). Clethrionomys rutilus. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2006-12-07.
173. Won & Smith (1999), p. 26.
174. Baillie, J. (1996). Eothenomys regulus. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2006-12-07.
175. Sometimes called Microtus mandarinus
176. The muskrat was first recorded in the Tumen River basin in 1965; according to Won & Smith (1999), it had been introduced several decades earlier into the Russian Far East, and may have been present in Korea for some time before the first report.
177. Baillie, J. (1996). Tscherskia triton. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2006-12-10.
178. Won (2004), p. 141.
179. Amori, G. (1996). Pteromys volans. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2006-12-13.
180. Won (2004), p. 107.
181. anecdotal as a long time resident
182. Specimens have been collected from Pujŏn in South Hamgyong and Samjiyŏn in Ryanggang. Won (2004), p. 116. In addition, Smith & Won (1999) report it from Yanggang in Gangwon, South Korea.
183. Tchabovsky, A. (1996). Sicista caudata. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2006-10-05.

References and further reading

• Bergsten, C. Fred; In-bŏm Chʻoe (2003). The Korean Diaspora in the World Economy. Washington, DC: Peterson Institute. ISBN 08-8132-358-6.
• Han Sang-hun (한상훈) (1998). "사라져가는 한국의 야생 포유동물 [Sarajyeoganeun han-guk-ui yasaeng poyudongmul / Korea's vanishing wild mammals]". Retrieved 2006-09-29.
• Won, Pyong-Hooi (원병희) (1967). 한국동식물도감, 7권: 포유류 [Han-guk dongsingmul dogam 7gwon: poyuryu / Guide to Korea's plants and animals, vol. 7: Mammalia]. Seoul: Ministry of Culture and Education.
• 윤명희, 한상훈, 오홍식, 김장근, Won, Byeong-o (원병오) (2004). 한국의 포유동물 [Hangugui poyudongmul] [English title: The Mammals of Korea]. Seoul: Dongbang Media. ISBN 89-8457-310-8.
• Won, Changman; Kimberly G. Smith (1999). "History and current status of mammals of the Korean Peninsula". Mammal Review (Mammal Society) 29 (1): 3–36. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2907.1999.00034.x.