List of Mammals of Korea - Order Artiodactyla: Even-toed Ungulates

Order Artiodactyla: Even-toed Ungulates

Common name

(Korean name)

 Species

(Authority)

 Preferred habitat Range Status
Family Bovidae: Bovids
Long-tailed Goral


(산양)

 Naemorhedus caudatus
(Hamilton Smith, 1827)		 High 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.
  • I: Least Concern
  • K: Locally abundant.
Wapiti


(붉은사슴)

 Cervus canadensis
(Erxleben, 1777)		 Forest verges. North Hamgyong and the Paektusan region.
  • I: Least Concern
  • K: Rare.
  • NK: Natural monument.
Sika Deer


(대륙사슴)

 Cervus nippon
(Temminck, 1838)		 Open forests and forest verges. Throughout mainland.
  • I: Least Concern.
  • K: Vulnerable.
  • NK: Natural monument.
Water Deer


(고라니)

 Hydropotes inermis
(Swinhoe, 1870)		 Low mountains and riparian areas. Throughout mainland.
  • I: Near Threatened.
  • SK: Game.
Family Suidae: Pigs
Wild Boar


(멧돼지)

 Sus scrofa
(Linnaeus, 1758)		 Mountain forests. Throughout mainland.
  • I: Least Concern
  • SK: Game
Family Moschidae: Musk deer
Siberian Musk Deer


(사향노루)

 Moschus moschiferus
(Linnaeus, 1758)		 Mountain forests. North Korea; also found in Gangwon, South Korea.
  • I: Vulnerable.
  • K: Endangered.
  • NK: Natural monument.
  • SK: Natural monument.

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