A short presentation on endemic species and endangered species of North Korea.

1. BIODIVERSITY OF NORTH KOREA

2. ENDEMIC SPECIES

3. 1. Korean Skink (Plestiodon coreensis)
 Plestiodon is the name for a genus
of lizards formerly referred to as
Eumeces, except those now
placed in Mesoscincus.
 Plestiodon coreensis is a species
endemic to North Korea.
 They are secretive, agile animals
with a cylindrical body covered
with smooth, shiny scales.

4. 2. Korean Taimen (Hucho ishikawai)
 Hucho ishikawae, the Korean
taimen, is found in rivers in North
Korea (most notably the Am-nok,
Dok-ro, Weon-ju and Jang-jin
Rivers).
 Monitoring of the species has
been made very difficult because
of the lack of access to the areas
in which this species occurs.

5. 3. Goby (Gymnogobius bungei)
 Gymnogobius is a genus of gobies
found in marine, brackish and
fresh waters of Asia and the
western Pacific Ocean.
 Gymnogobius bungei is a species
of gobi which is only found in the
North Korean coast.

6. 4. Jumping Spider (Sitticus penicilloides)
 Sitticus is a spider genus of the
Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
 Sitticus pencicilloides is a species
of jumping spider endemic to
North Korea.

7. 5. Korean Rhubarb (Rheum coreanum)
 Korean Rhubarb is a plant species
which is found only in North Korea.
 Its has a long stem that can be
cooked and eaten as a fruit.

8. EXTINCT
SPECIES

9. Japanese Sea Lion (Zalophus japonicas)
 The Japanese sea lion is an aquatic mammal
that became extinct in the 1970s.
 They inhabited the Sea of Japan, especially
around the coastal areas of the Japanese
Archipelago and the Korean Peninsula.
 They generally bred on sandy beaches which
were open and flat, but sometimes in rocky
areas.
 Currently, several stuffed specimens can be
found in Japan and in the National Museum
of Natural History, Leiden, the Netherlands,
bought by Philipp Franz von Siebold. The British
Museum possesses a pelt and four skull
specimens.

10. ENDANGERED
SPECIES

11. 1. Little Tube-nosed Bat (Murina aurata)
 The little tube-nosed bat is a species of
bat.
 An adult Little Tube-Nosed Bat has a
body length of 4.0-4.6 cm, a tail length
of 2.8-3.6 cm, and a wing length of
3.0-3.3 cm.
 The species is found across South and
East Asia, from the Indian subcontinent
to the Korean Peninsula.
 Murina aurata is included in the IUCN
Red list of endangered species.

12. 2. Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus)
 The bowhead whale is a species of the
right whale family Balaenidae, in
suborder Mysticeti and genus Balaena.
 A stocky dark-colored whale without a
dorsal fin, it can grow to 20 m (66 ft) in
length. This thick-bodied species can
weigh 75 tonnes.
 The bowhead was an early whaling
target. Its population was severely
reduced before a 1966 moratorium. Its
population has since recovered and is
now rated "Least Concern".

13. 3. Orca (Orcinus orca)
 The killer whale (Orcinus orca), also
referred to as the orca whale or orca, is
a toothed whale belonging to the
oceanic dolphin family.
 The IUCN currently assesses the orca's
conservation status as data deficient
because of the likelihood that two or
more killer whale types are separate
species.
 Some local populations are considered
threatened or endangered due to prey
depletion, habitat loss, pollution (by
PCBs), capture for marine mammal
parks, and conflicts with fisheries.

14. 4. Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus)
 The Amur leopard is a leopard
subspecies native to the Primorye region
of southeastern Russia, the Jilin Province
of northeast China and North Korea.
 It is classified as Critically Endangered
since 1996 by IUCN.
 According to WWF, extensive habitat
loss and conflict with humans make the
situation concerning the Amur leopard
critical.
 It is hunted largely for its beautiful
spotted fur.

15. 5. Dhole (Cuon alpinus)
 The dhole is a canid, native to Central
and Southeast Asia.
 The dhole is a highly social animal, living
in large clans without rigid dominance
hierarchies and containing multiple
breeding females.
 It is listed as Endangered by the IUCN, as
populations are decreasing and
estimated at less than 2,500 adults.
 Factors contributing to this decline
include habitat loss, loss of prey,
competition with other species,
persecution, and disease transfer from
domestic dogs.

16. Presented by
 Jibin Saju Joseph
 Mohammad Shaban
 Sujith Sunilkumar Jayakumari
 Midhun Karimpanoor Rajan

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