🇰🇵Animals recorded in North Korea

Which animals have been recorded in North Korea? 3,632 occurrence records cover 121 species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 212 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Cinereous Vulture, Fischer's clawed salamander, Mallard.

• 3,632 records
• 121 species
• 12 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Cinereous Vulture, Fischer's clawed salamander, Mallard. Use the country list as evidence of recorded wildlife, then open a species to compare its records across other countries and months. It is not a complete habitat or population census.

Most-recorded animals in North Korea

	Animal	Group	Records
	Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	Aves Accipitridae	2,564
	Fischer's clawed salamander Onychodactylus fischeri	Amphibia Hynobiidae	228
	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Aves Anatidae	134
	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Aves Laridae	130
	Amur grass lizard Takydromus amurensis	Squamata Lacertidae	69
	Asiatic Grass Frog Rana chensinensis	Amphibia Ranidae	52
	Enaptorhinus granulatus	Insecta Curculionidae	36
	Oriental firebelly toad Bombina orientalis	Amphibia Bombinatoridae	30
	Japanese Wrinkled Frog Glandirana rugosa	Amphibia Ranidae	27
	Asiatic Toad Bufo gargarizans	Amphibia Bufonidae	27
	Japanese Treefrog Dryophytes japonicus	Amphibia Hylidae	20
	Amur Brown Frog Rana coreana	Amphibia Ranidae	17
	Frog-eating Rat Snake Oocatochus rufodorsatus	Squamata Colubridae	9
	Tiger Keelback Rhabdophis tigrinus	Squamata Colubridae	8
	Scopula agutsaensis	Insecta Geometridae	5
	Eight-whiskered stone loach Lefua costata	— Nemacheilidae	5
	kishi velvet shrimp Metapenaeopsis dalei	Malacostraca Penaeidae	4
	Anotylus amicus	Insecta Staphylinidae	4
	Pilaria melanota	Insecta Limoniidae	3
	Lagowsky's minnow Rhynchocypris lagowskii	— Cyprinidae	3
	Steppes Ratsnake Elaphe dione	Squamata Colubridae	3
	Chinese minnow Rhynchocypris oxycephalus	— Cyprinidae	3
	Gyrophaena koreana	Insecta Staphylinidae	2
	Tipula longispina	Insecta Tipulidae	2
	Diplonevra taigaensis	Insecta Phoridae	2
	Crangon affinis	Malacostraca Crangonidae	2
	Alaskan hermit Pagurus ochotensis	Malacostraca Paguridae	2
	Diplonevra abbreviata	Insecta Phoridae	2
	Goniada maculata	Polychaeta Goniadidae	2
	Sea Raven Hemitripterus villosus	— Hemitripteridae	2
	Fat greenling Hexagrammos otakii	— Hexagrammidae	2
	Spotted barbel Hemibarbus maculatus	— Cyprinidae	2
	Japanese grenadier anchovy Coilia nasus	— Engraulidae	2
	Central Asian Pitviper Gloydius intermedius	Squamata Viperidae	2
	Japanese Smelt Hypomesus japonicus	— Osmeridae	2
	Mountain grass lizard Takydromus wolteri	Squamata Lacertidae	2
	Pacific Rainbow Smelt Osmerus dentex	— Osmeridae	2
	Pacific herring Clupea pallasii	— Clupeidae	2
	Takifugu basilevskianus	— Tetraodontidae	2
	Chinese Mactra Mactra chinensis	Bivalvia Mactridae	2
	a mammal flea Ctenophthalmus congener	Insecta Ctenophthalmidae	2
	Limenitis helmanni	Insecta Nymphalidae	2
	Limenitis sydyi	Insecta Nymphalidae	2
	Leptochela gracilis	Malacostraca Pasiphaeidae	2
	Glycera unicornis	Polychaeta Glyceridae	2
	Liparis chefuensis	— Liparidae	2
	Shortspine spurdog Squalus mitsukurii	Elasmobranchii Squalidae	2
	Aleochara fucicola	Insecta Staphylinidae	2
	Pilaria simulans	Insecta Limoniidae	2
	Bledius curticornis	Insecta Staphylinidae	1
	Stenus decoratus	Insecta Staphylinidae	1
	Stempellina radoszkowskii	Insecta Chironomidae	1
	Andrea Cuttlefish Doratosepion andreanum	Cephalopoda Sepiidae	1
	Phyllosphingia dissimilis	Insecta Sphingidae	1
	Nomion Apollo Parnassius nomion	Insecta Papilionidae	1
	Empoascanara limbata	Insecta Cicadellidae	1
	Crangon cassiope	Malacostraca Crangonidae	1
	Mimika bobtail Euprymna morsei	Cephalopoda Sepiolidae	1
	Japanese Squid Loliolus japonica	Cephalopoda Loliginidae	1
	Batillaria multiformis	Gastropoda Batillariidae	1