page_title: List of mammals of North Korea
section_title: Order: Rodentia (rodents)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of North Korea / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Rodentia (rodents)
caption_attribution_description: Apodemus agrarius (Pallas, 1771)
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in North Korea. There are 105 mammal species in North Korea, of which none are critically endangered, seven are endangered, six are vulnerable, and three are near threatened. One of the species listed for North Korea is considered to be extinct.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
  Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of near threatened and least concern categories:
context_section_description: Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40% of mammalian species. They have two incisors in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing. Most rodents are small though the capybara can weigh up to 45 kg (99 lb).
  Suborder: Sciurognathi
  Family: Sciuridae (squirrels)
  Subfamily: Sciurinae
  Tribe: Sciurini
  Genus: Sciurus
  Red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris NT
  Tribe: Pteromyini
  Genus: Pteromys
  Siberian flying squirrel, Pteromys volans LR/nt
  Subfamily: Xerinae
  Tribe: Marmotini
  Genus: Tamias
  Siberian chipmunk, Tamias sibiricus LR/lc
  Family: Cricetidae
  Subfamily: Cricetinae
  Genus: Cricetulus
  Chinese striped hamster, Cricetulus barabensis LR/lc
  Genus: Tscherskia
  Greater long-tailed hamster, Tscherskia triton LR/lc
  Subfamily: Arvicolinae
  Genus: Clethrionomys
  Grey red-backed vole, Clethrionomys rufocanus LR/lc
  Northern red-backed vole, Clethrionomys rutilus LR/lc
  Genus: Eothenomys
  Royal vole, Eothenomys regulus LR/lc
  Family: Muridae (mice, rats, voles, gerbils, hamsters, etc.)
  Subfamily: Murinae
  Genus: Apodemus
  Striped field mouse, Apodemus agrarius LR/lc
  Korean field mouse, Apodemus peninsulae LR/lc
  Genus: Micromys
  Harvest mouse, Micromys minutus LR/nt
  Genus: Rattus
  Tanezumi rat, Rattus tanezumi LR/lc
caption: Striped field mouse
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