List of Mammals of Korea - Order Rodentia: Rodents

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 et 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.
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.
Norway 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 forests. 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
(Buchner, 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: the Coypu
Coypu or Nutria


(뉴트리아)

 Myocastor coypus


(Molina, 1782)

 Wetlands. South Korea's Yeongnam region. (Introduced for farming in 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.

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