Animal Info - South Korea
Contents
Threatened Species, Environmental
and Social Data (Mammals, Biodiversity/Ecosystems,
Population, Area/Land Use, Protected Lands, Economy, Education), References
and Links
Threatened Species
Threatened Species: The following list
includes all mammals which occur in South Korea and are rated as
Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN) or Vulnerable (VU) in the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals.
- Endangered:
- Blue Whale (Balaenoptera
musculus).
- Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus).
- Northern Right Whale
(Eubalaena glacialis).
- Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis).
- Ussuri Tube-nosed Bat (Murina ussuriensis).
- Vulnerable:
- Asiatic Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus).
- Dhole (Cuon alpinus).
- Dugong (Dugong dugon).
- Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra).
- Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena).
- Humpback Whale (Megaptera
novaeangliae).
- Long-tailed Goral (Naemorhedus caudatus).
- Siberian Musk Deer (Moschus
moschiferus).
- Sperm Whale (Physeter catodon).
Environmental and Social Data
Mammals
Total number of species: 49 (Groombridge
& Jenkins 1994)
Number of endemic species: 0 (Groombridge & Jenkins 1994)
Number of threatened species: 1996:
6 (12 % of
total species) (IUCN 1996); 2000:
14 (29 % of total species) (IUCN 2000)
Biodiversity/Ecosystems
South Korea contains portions of the Yellow Sea & East China Sea Global 200 Ecoregion (Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999)
Population
Population in 1995: 44,851,000 (Natl.
Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population density in 1995: 453.0 people/sq km (1173.2 people/sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population in 1998: 46,416,796 (World
Almanac 1999)
Average population growth rate, 1980 - 1990: 1.1 % (World Bank 1992)
Area/Land Use
Area: 99,015 sq km (38,230 sq mi) (Natl.
Geog. Soc. 1995)
Percentages of primary world ecosystem types:
- Other Coastal Aquatic: 10 %
- Grass and Shrub: 24 %
- Crop and Settlements: 20 %
- Interrupted Woods: 24 %
- Major Forests: 22 %
(Groombridge 1992)
Percent of land area classified as the following degree of human disturbance: Low:
0 %, Medium: 18 %, High: 82 % (WRI 1994)
Protected Lands
Area: 7,570 sq km (2,922 sq mi) (Groombridge
1992)
Percent of land protected:, 0.42 % totally protected, 7.27 % partially protected,
7.69 % totally or partially protected (Groombridge
1992)
Economy
Per capita GNP ($ U.S.) (1991): $6,277 (WRI
1994)
Per capita GDP ($ U.S.) (1996): $14,200 (World Almanac 1999)
Education
Percent of females in secondary education (1989): 84 % (World Bank 1992)
Percent adult literacy: Female: 94 % (1990), 81 % (1970); Male: 99 % (1990), 94 %
(1970) (WRI 1994)
References and Links
References: Groombridge 1992, Groombridge & Jenkins 1994, IUCN 1994, IUCN 1996, IUCN 2000, IUCN
2004, Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995, Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999, World Almanac 1999, World Bank 1992, WRI 1994
General Links (After you get to one of these sites, click on the link
for South Korea): CIA
World Factbook, Foreign
Embassies of Washington, D.C., Library
of Congress - Country Studies, University
of Texas - Country Maps, Washington
Post - Countries, World
Resources Institute - Country Profiles
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