page_title: List of mammals of South Korea
section_title: Order: Soricomorpha (shrews, moles, and solenodons)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of South Korea / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Soricomorpha (shrews, moles, and solenodons)
caption_attribution_description: shrew
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in South Korea. There are eighty-four mammal species in South Korea, of which six are endangered, six are vulnerable, and two are near threatened. One of the species listed for South Korea is considered to be extinct. The national animal of South Korea is the Siberian tiger.
  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: The "shrew-forms" are insectivorous mammals. Shrews and solenodons closely resemble mice, while moles are stout-bodied burrowers.
  Family: Soricidae (shrews)
  Subfamily: Crocidurinae
  Genus: Crocidura
  Dsinezumi shrew, Crocidura dsinezumi LR/lc
  Ussuri white-toothed shrew, Crocidura lasiura LR/lc
  Lesser white-toothed shrew, Crocidura suaveolens LR/lc
  Subfamily: Soricinae
  Tribe: Soricini
  Genus: Sorex
  Laxmann's shrew, Sorex caecutiens LR/lc
  Taiga shrew, Sorex isodon LR/lc
  Eurasian least shrew, Sorex minutissimus LR/lc
  Family: Talpidae (moles)
  Subfamily: Talpinae
  Tribe: Talpini
  Genus: Mogera
  Large mole, Mogera robusta LR/lc
caption: Lesser white-toothed shrew
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