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In 1963 Korea Association for the Conservation of Nature was established. [citation needed] In 1997 the non-profit organization International Aid for Korean Animals was founded to promote animal protection and humane treatment. [citation needed] Animal Rescue Korea, an English-language internet resource, helps animals in South Korea. [citation ...
Numerous wildlife exist on the Korean Peninsula. The characteristics of the wild mammals in Korea is that despite South Korea's small territory, there are many medium and large sized animals. It is natural characteristic that medium and large sized animals require large land and vast amount of food to survive.
The wildlife of South Korea includes 8,271 plant species, 18,117 animal species and 3,528 species of fungi and others. [ 1 ] 30,000 species are known to inhabit South Korea, among an estimated 100,000+ in all.
Peace talks between North and South Korea in 2018 raised hopes amongst ecologists that the two states might work together to preserve the wildlife habitats of the narrow strip of land between them.
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in South Korea. There are eighty-five 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. [1] The national animal of South Korea is the Siberian tiger.
"The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Mammals of North Korea". IUCN. 2001 dead link ] "Mammal Species of the World". Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. 2005. Archived from the original on 27 April 2007 "Animal Diversity Web". University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. 1995–2006
The national flower of South Korea is the Hibiscus syriacus, a species of hibiscus that blooms continually from July through October. In South Korea, it is known as mugunghwa (무궁화), meaning "eternal flower". The unofficial national animal is the tiger, for the peninsula seems like a tiger in a point of view.
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