Order Rodentia: Rodents
| Common name
(Korean name) |
Species
(Authority) |
Preferred habitat | Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Muridae: Murids | ||||
| Striped Field Mouse
|
Apodemus agrarius (Pallas, 1771) |
Widespread. | Throughout, including Jeju. |
|
| Jeju Striped Field Mouse
|
Apodemus chejuensis (Jones et Johnson, 1965) |
Widespread. | Found only on Jeju. |
|
| Korean Field Mouse
|
Apodemus peninsulae (Thomas, 1907) |
Forest verges and brushland. | Throughout mainland. |
|
| Harvest Mouse
|
Micromys minutus (Pallas, 1771) |
Low grasslands and fields. | Throughout; not found on Ulleungdo. |
|
| House Mouse
|
Mus musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Human dwellings. | Throughout. |
|
| Norway Rat
|
Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769) |
Urban and cultivated areas. | Throughout. |
|
| Black Rat
|
Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Urban areas. | Central and southern Korea. |
|
| Family Cricetidae: Cricetids | ||||
| Northern Red-Backed Vole
|
Myodes rutilus (Pallas, 1779) |
High, dense mixed forest. | Far northeastern Korea. |
|
| Grey Red-Backed Vole
|
Myodes rufocanus (Sundevall, 1846) |
Boreal forest. | Northern Korea. |
|
| Chinese Striped Hamster
|
Cricetulus barabensis (Pallas, 1773) |
Fields. | Sinuiju and Cholsan, North Korea. |
|
| Royal Vole
|
Eothenomys regulus (Thomas, 1907) |
Widespread; avoids deep forests. | Southern, central and northwestern Korea. |
|
| Mandarin Vole
|
Lasiopodomys mandarinus (Milne-Edwards, 1871) |
Grassy wetlands. | Southwestern Korea. |
|
| Reed Vole
|
Microtus fortis (Buchner, 1889) |
High fields and forest verges. | Western and northern Korea. |
|
| Muskrat
|
Ondatra zibethicus (Linnaeus, 1766) |
Marshes and lakes. | Tumen River basin, North Korea. |
|
| Greater Long-Tailed Hamster
|
Tscherskia triton (de Winton, 1899) |
Widespread. | Throughout, including Jeju. |
|
| Family Myocastoridae: the Coypu | ||||
| Coypu or Nutria
|
Myocastor coypus
|
Wetlands. | South Korea's Yeongnam region. (Introduced for farming in 1990s) |
|
| Family Sciuridae: Squirrels | ||||
| Siberian Flying Squirrel
|
Pteromys volans (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Boreal forest. | Far northeast and Taebaek Mountains. |
|
| Red Squirrel
|
Sciurus vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Forests. | Throughout mainland. |
|
| Siberian Chipmunk
|
Tamias sibiricus (Laxmann, 1769) |
Forests. | Inland throughout. |
|
| Family Dipodidae: Jumping mice | ||||
| Long-Tailed Birch Mouse
|
Sicista caudata (Thomas, 1907) |
Riparian zones and wetlands. | Northeastern Korea. |
|
Read more about this topic: List Of Mammals Of Korea
Famous quotes containing the word order:
“Do we have to talk in order to agree or agree in order to talk?”
—José Bergamín (1895–1983)