# List of mammals of Korea

Approximately 100 species of mammal are known to inhabit, or to have recently 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 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 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 |
| Family Bovidae: bovids |||||
| Aurochs (오록스) | Bos primigenius (Bojanus, 1827) | Dense forest | Historically throughout mainland | I: Extinct |
| Long-tailed goral (산양) | Naemorhedus caudatus (Hamilton Smith, 1827) | High mountains | Historically found throughout the Taebaek Mountains; northern Taebaek Mountains, including the Demilitarized Zone. | I: Vulnerable K: Endangered NK: Natural monument SK: Natural monument |
| Family Cervidae: deer |||||
| Siberian roe deer (노루) | Capreolus pygargus (Pallas, 1771) | Forest verges | Throughout; not found on Ulleungdo |
| Manchurian wapiti (대륙사슴) | Cervus canadensis xanthopygus (H. Milne-Edwards, 1867) | Mixed and Deciduous forests | Once found throughout mainland I: Least concern K: Locally extinct Extirpated |
| Manchurian sika deer (대륙사슴) | Cervus nippon mantchuricus (Temminck, 1838) | Open forest and forest verges | Throughout mainland | I: Least concern. K: Vulnerable NK: Natural monument |
| Water deer (고라니) | Hydropotes inermis (R. Swinhoe, 1870) | Low mountains and riparian areas; often visits urban areas | Throughout mainland | I: Near threatened SK: Game |
| Family Moschidae: musk deer |||||
| Siberian musk deer (사향노루) | Moschus moschiferus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Mountain forest | Historically throughout mainland; North Korea; also found in Gangwon, South Korea | I: Vulnerable K: Endangered NK: Natural monument SK: Natural monument |
| Family Suidae: pigs |||||
| Wild boar (멧돼지) | Sus scrofa ussuricus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Mountain forest | Throughout mainland | I: Least concern SK: Game |

## Order Carnivora: carnivores

| Common name (Korean name) | Species (authority) | Preferred habitat | Range | Status |
| Family Canidae: canids |||||
| Grey wolf (늑대) | Canis lupus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Forests and open woods | Historically throughout mainland; currently Paektu Mountain area | I: Least concern K: Endangered |
| Dhole (승냥이) | Cuon alpinus (Pallas, 1811) | Dense forest and high mountains | Historically throughout mainland | I: Endangered K: Vulnerable |
| Raccoon dog (너구리) | Nyctereutes procyonoides (Gray, 1834) | Wooded valleys | Throughout mainland | I: Least concern K: Uncommon |
| Red fox (여우) | Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) | Brushy areas and forest verges | Historically throughout mainland; northern and northeastern Korea | I: Least concern K: Endangered |
| Family Felidae |||||
| Leopard cat (삵) | Prionailurus bengalensis (Kerr, 1792) | Dense forest | Historically throughout mainland; central and northern Korea, with major population in DMZ | I: Least concern K: Vulnerable |
| Eurasian lynx (스라소니) | Lynx lynx (Linnaeus, 1758) | Montane forest | Historically throughout mainland; North Hamgyong and Chagang, North Korea | I: Least concern K: Endangered |
| Leopard (표범) | Panthera pardus (Linnaeus, 1758) | High dense forest | Historically throughout mainland; possibly North Korea | I: Vulnerable K: Amur leopard (P. p. orientalis) (Schlegel, 1857) Endangered |
| Tiger (호랑이) | Panthera tigris (Linnaeus, 1758) | Rocky forest | Historically throughout the mainland; possibly northeastern North Korea | I: Endangered NK: Siberian tiger (P. t. tigris) (Linnaeus, 1758) Critically endangered, natural monument |
| Family Mustelidae: mustelids |||||
| Eurasian otter (수달) | Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758) | Riparian areas | Throughout mainland, scattered | I: Near threatened K: Endangered NK: Natural monument SK: Natural monument |
| Yellow-throated marten (담비) | Martes flavigula (Boddaert, 1785) | High forest | Northern Korea and parts of central and southern Korea: historically throughout mainland Korea | I: Least concern K: Vulnerable |
| Sable (검은담비) | Martes zibellina (Linnaeus, 1758) | High, dense boreal forest | North Hamgyong, northeastern North Korea | I: Least concern K: Endangered NK: Natural monument |
| 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; also northern South Korea | I: Least concern K: Rare to locally abundant |
| Siberian weasel (족제비) | Mustela sibirica (Pallas, 1773) | Forests and riparian areas | Throughout, including Jeju | I: Least concern K: Locally abundant |
| Family Ursidae: bears |||||
| Brown bear (불곰) | Ursus arctos (Linnaeus, 1758) | Thick forest | Central and northern Korea; likely extirpated | I: Least concern K: Endangered NK: Natural monument |
| Asian black bear (반달가슴곰) | Ursus thibetanus (G. Cuvier, 1823) | Thick forest | Historically found throughout mainland; Jirisan and Seoraksan in South Korea; Mount Kumgang and Paektu Mountain in North Korea | I: Vulnerable K: Endangered SK: Natural monument |
| Superfamily Pinnipedia: pinnipeds |||||
| Common name (Korean name) | Species (authority) | Preferred habitat | Range | Status |
| Family Otariidae: eared seals |||||
| Northern fur seal (물개) | Callorhinus ursinus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Coasts and seas | Sea of Japan | I: Vulnerable |
| 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 | I: Least concern K: Vulnerable SK: Natural monument |

## Order Cetacea: whales

| Common name (Korean name) | Species (authority) | Preferred habitat | Range | Status |
| Suborder Mysticeti: baleen whales |||||
| Family Balaenidae: right whales |||||
| North Pacific right whale (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 Haiyang Island, and all modern catches and strandings and sightings in East China Sea have been restricted around Amami Oshima (5 records on Amami and Sukomobanare Islands in the last 110 years) 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. 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. Last record in Yellow Sea was of the catch of a single whale in the south of Haiyang Dao in December 1977. 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, and the larger individual is now on the Zhejiang Museum of Natural History. reaching around 16–17.1m, and were later made to be specimens for exhibition at several locations. 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. There have also been unknown quantity of modern catches exist on Taiwan as well. 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. 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. The first confirmed record of the species happened in February, Namhae, 41 years after the last record in 1974 (an illegal catch). This case was an entanglement and joint releasing effort by the governmental team and Busan aquarium was taken place, although the whale disappeared during the night after the efforts, the actual consequences of disappearance 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) | 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). | I: EN Least concern CA: Endangered Sea of Okhotsk subpopulation I: CREndangered |
| 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 (울산 귀신고래 회유해면) was listed as South Korea's the 126th national monument in 1962, and national protection of higher priorities was situated although illegal hunts had been taken place thereafter, 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. 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. Historically, possibly year-round residential happened in Chinese waters hence residential or semi-residential occurrences around Korean Peninsula could have been feasible as well. | *I: LC Endangered CA: Threatened/special concern BC: Blue List QC: Listing candidate I: Conservation dependent. SK: Natural monument |
| Family Balaenopteridae: rorquals |||||
| Humpback whale (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 Being wiped out by Japanese whalers (see more details in Wildlife of China). | I: LC Least concern CA: Threatened/not at risk BC: Blue List |
| Minke whale (밍크고래) | Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Lacépède, 1804) | Widespread | Yellow Sea, 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. | I: Near threatened. |
| Blue whale (대왕고래) | Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Widespread but less common in Mediterranean seas (smaller numbers historically migrated into both sides of Korean Peninsula) | Regarded as being almost/already extinct in east Asian waters Being wiped out by Japanese whalers. Of the populations that once existed off coastal Japan, the last recorded confirmed stranding was in the 1950s. 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. | I: Conservation dependent. |
| 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. After the functional extinction in Pacific side of Japanese waters between the 1910s and 1930s, 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) 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. Very small number of residents in Sea of Japan, Korea Strait today, being almost extinct in Yellow Sea and East China Sea. 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, indicate that remnants of the Sea of Japan or the Yellow– ohai Sea groups still pass through the Tsushima Strait where all the larger cetaceans are under threats of being struck by high-speed vessels. 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, 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, and breeding season in these regions was mainly in winter. | I: Endangered. |
| Bryde's whale and Eden's whale (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. | I: Endangered. |
| 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 |
| Sei whale (밍크고래) | Balaenoptera borealis | Widespread | Yellow Sea, East China Sea, Sea of Japan | I: Endangered. |
| 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. |
| 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) | Sagmatias obliquidens (Gill, 1865) | Warmer coastal waters | Sea of Japan | 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 K: Unknown, possibly common |
| Beluga (흰돌고래) | Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776) | Coastal waters | Vagrant from the Sea of Okhotsk | 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 |
| Harbour porpoise (쇠돌고래) | Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) | Colder ocean waters | Sea of Japan | I: Conservation dependent |
| Finless porpoise (상괭이) | Neophocaena phocaenoides (Cuvier, 1829) | Coastal waters | Yellow Sea (such as at Baengnyeongdo), Korea Strait, southern Sea of Japan | I: Data deficient. K: Caught frequently. |
| 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 |
| Family Ziphiidae: beaked whales |||||
| Giant beaked whale (큰부리고래) | Berardius bairdii (Stejneger, 1883) | Open seas | Sea of Japan (reduced by Japanese whalers) | I: Conservation dependent |
| Cuvier's beaked whale (민부리고래) | Ziphius cavirostris | Open seas | Sea of Japan, East China Sea | I: Least concern |
| Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (은행이빨부리고래) | Mesoplodon ginkgodens | Open seas | Sea of Japan, Jeju, East China Sea, Yellow Sea | I: Data deficient |

## Order Erinaceomorpha: hedgehogs

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

## Order Soricomorpha: shrews and moles

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

## Order Chiroptera: bats

| Common name (Korean name) | Species (authority) | Preferred habitat | Range | Status |
| 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 |
| Family Vespertilionidae: vesper bats |||||
| Kobayashi's bat (고바야시박쥐) | Eptesicus koyabashii (Mori, 1928) | | West central Korea. | I: Data deficient K: Possibly very rare |
| Northern bat (생박쥐) | Eptesicus nilssonii (Keyserling & Blasius, 1839) | | Found in Gyeonggi, northwestern South Korea, and North Hamgyong, northeastern North Korea | I: Least concern K: Locally abundant |
| Serotine bat (문둥이박쥐) | Eptesicus serotinus (Schreber, 1774) | Roosts in roofs and walls | Most common in northwestern Korea | I: Least concern K: Locally abundant |
| Savi's pipistrelle (큰집박쥐) | Hypsugo savii (Bonaparte, 1837) | Roosts in caves | Throughout | I: Least concern K: Uncommon |
| Common bent-wing bat (긴날개박쥐) | Miniopterus schreibersi (Kuhl, 1817) | Grassland and forest in summer; caves in winter | Scattered throughout | I: Least concern K: Rare |
| Little tube-nosed bat (작은관코박쥐) | Murina aurata (Milne-Edwards, 1872) | | Unknown | I: Near threatened K: Last recorded in 1959 |
| Greater tube-nosed bat (관코박쥐) | Murina leucogaster (Milne-Edwards, 1872) | | Unknown. | I: Least concern K: Rare |
| Far Eastern myotis (흰배윗수염박쥐) | Myotis bombinus (Thomas, 1906) | Hibernates in caves | Throughout, including Jeju | I: Near threatened K: Uncommon |
| Daubenton's bat (물윗수염박쥐) | Myotis daubentonii (Kuhl, 1817) | Near water | Throughout, including Jeju | I: Least concern K: Uncommon |
| Hodgson's bat (오렌지윗수염박쥐) | Myotis formosus (Hodgson, 1835) | | Scattered throughout; not found on Jeju | I: Least concern K: Vulnerable |
| Fraternal myotis (긴꼬리윗수염박쥐) | Myotis frater (G.M. Allen, 1923) | Forests | Northern Korea. | I: Near threatened K: Very rare |
| Ikonnikov's bat (작은윗수염박쥐) | Myotis ikonnikovi (Ognev, 1912) | | Scattered throughout, including Jeju | I: Least concern K: Very rare |
| Eastern long-fingered bat (큰발윗수염박쥐) | Myotis macrodactylus (Temminck, 1840) | | Local throughout, including Jeju | I: Least concern K: Abundant |
| Whiskered bat (윗수염박쥐) | Myotis mystacinus (Kuhl, 1817) | Forests | Scattered throughout, including Jeju and Ulleungdo | I: Least concern |
| Birdlike noctule (멧박쥐) | Nyctalus aviator (Thomas, 1911) | | Scattered throughout | I: Near threatened K: Rare |
| Java pipistrelle (큰집박쥐) | Pipistrellus javanicus (Gray, 1838) | | Scattered throughout | I: Least concern K: Common |
| 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 |
| Particoloured bat (북방애기박쥐) | Vespertilio murinus (Linnaeus, 1758) | High forest and grassland in the summer | North Hamgyong, North Korea | I: Least concern K: Very rare |
| Asian particolored bat (안주애기박쥐) | Vespertilio superans (Thomas, 1899) | | West central Korea. | I: Least concern K: Very rare |

## Order Lagomorpha: lagomorphs

| Common name (Korean name) | Species (authority) | Preferred habitat | Range | Status |
| Family Leporidae: leporids |||||
| Korean hare (멧토끼) | Lepus coreanus (Thomas, 1892) | Widespread at low altitudes. | Throughout mainland. | I: Least concern K: Common SK: Game |
| Manchurian hare (북방토끼) | Lepus mandschuricus (Radde, 1861) | High rocky forest | Northern Korea | I: Least concern K: Common |
| Family Ochotonidae: pikas |||||
| Northern pika (우는토끼) | Ochotona hyperborea (Pallas, 1811) | Alpine meadows, 1000–2500 m. | Northern Korea | I: Least concern K: Common |

## Order Primates: prosimians and simians

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

## Order Rodentia: rodents

| Common name (Korean name) | Species (authority) | Preferred habitat | Range | Status |
| Family Muridae: murids |||||
| Striped field mouse (등줄쥐) | Apodemus agrarius (Pallas, 1771) | Widespread | Throughout, including Jeju | I: Least concern K: Abundant |
| Jeju striped field mouse (제주등줄쥐) | Apodemus chejuensis (Jones & Johnson, 1965) | Widespread | Found only on Jeju | I: No assessment J: Very abundant |
| Korean field mouse (흰넓적다리붉은쥐) | Apodemus peninsulae (Thomas, 1907) | Forest verges and brushland | Throughout mainland | I: Least concern K: Common |
| Eurasian harvest mouse (멧밭쥐) | Micromys minutus (Pallas, 1771) | Low grasslands and fields | Throughout; not found on Ulleungdo | I: Near threatened K: Abundant |
| House mouse (생쥐) | Mus musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Human dwellings | Throughout | I: Least concern K: Abundant |
| Brown rat (집쥐) | Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769) | Urban and cultivated areas | Throughout | I: Least concern K: Very abundant |
| Black rat (애급쥐) | Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Urban areas | Central and southern Korea | I: Least concern K: Invasive |
| Family Cricetidae: cricetids |||||
| Northern red-backed vole (숲들쥐) | Myodes rutilus (Pallas, 1779) | High, dense mixed forest | Far northeastern Korea | I: Least concern K: Abundant |
| Grey red-backed vole (대륙밭쥐) | Myodes rufocanus (Sundevall, 1846) | Boreal forest | Northern Korea | I: Least concern K: Abundant |
| Chinese striped hamster (비단털등줄쥐) | Cricetulus barabensis (Pallas, 1773) | Fields | Sinuiju and Cholsan, North Korea | I: Least concern K: Uncommon |
| Royal vole (비단털들쥐) | Eothenomys regulus (Thomas, 1907) | Widespread; avoids deep forest | Southern, central and northwestern Korea | I: Least concern K: Common |
| Mandarin vole (쇠갈밭쥐) | Lasiopodomys mandarinus (Milne-Edwards, 1871) | Grassy wetlands | Southwestern Korea | I: Least concern K: Rare |
| Reed vole (갈밭쥐) | Microtus fortis (Büchner, 1889) | High fields and forest verges | Western and northern Korea | I: Least concern K: Locally abundant |
| Muskrat (사향쥐) | Ondatra zibethicus (Linnaeus, 1766) | Marshes and lakes | Tumen River basin, North Korea. | I: Least concern K: Invasive |
| Greater long-tailed hamster (비단털쥐) | Tscherskia triton (de Winton, 1899) | Widespread | Throughout, including Jeju | I: Least concern K: Common |
| 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 |
| Family Sciuridae: squirrels |||||
| Siberian flying squirrel (하늘다람쥐) | Pteromys volans (Linnaeus, 1758) | Boreal forest | Far northeast and Taebaek Mountains | I: Near threatened K: Endangered |
| Red squirrel (청설모) | Sciurus vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758) | Forests | Throughout mainland | I: Least concern SK: Vermin |
| Siberian chipmunk (다람쥐) | Tamias sibiricus (Laxmann, 1769) | Forests | Inland throughout | I: Least concern SK: Vermin. |
| Family Dipodidae: jumping mice |||||
| Long-tailed birch mouse (긴꼬리꼬마쥐) | Sicista caudata (Thomas, 1907) | Riparian zones and wetlands | Northeastern Korea | I: Endangered K: Rare |