• Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.215-222
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• 2007

DMZ (De-Militalized Zone) in South Korea is world heritage area by passage control of human-being for more than 50 years since 1953. Wild flora and fauna in these area have been protected from any development and/or habitat destruction. However, consideration on ecosystem and nature in the area is becoming higher, and demand for development is raising also. We have reviewed any publications, which are surveyed about ecosystem and interview local residents about wildlife inherit there. Totally 51 species have been reported inhabited DMZ belonging to 17 Families, 6 Orders, so far. National monuments in DMZ are following; Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus), Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra), Musk deer (Moschus moschiferus), KOREAN goral (Nemorhaedus caudatus), flying squirrel (Pteromys volans) and spotted seal (Phoca vitalima). These results would be an essential data to establish management strategy and manuals for conserving native ecosystem, native flora and fauna in DMZ, and also using for registering world heritage area under UNESCO.

• Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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• v.54 no.1
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• pp.13-19
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• 2014

Animal bones excavated with earthenware from the shell mound at the Jeju Jongdali 1819 archeological site, where three consecutive chronological layers covering the Neolithic (B.C. 15C-B.C. 10C), early Tamra, and late Tamra periods have been identified, were morphologically classified. The majority of the bones from all three periods were broken or split. The major fauna of the mammalian bones in all periods were Cervus spp., Sus scrofa, and Bos taurus. In the early and late Tamra periods, bones of small animals including Mustela sibirica coreana, Meles meles, Rodentia, and Aves were also found in small number. The excavated bones were from all parts of the animal bodies, including head, trunk, forelimb, and hindlimb. Collectively, these findings suggest that the major fauna from the Neolithic to late Tamra periods consisted of Cervus spp., Sus scrofa, and Bos taurus and that the fauna was dissected and carried to the shell mound site after hunting. Information from the bone remains in the shell mound are useful data for study of the wildlife and domestic animals living during the prehistoric period of Jeju Island.

• Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.42-57
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• 1998

Cheju island had that a fresh water Pisces composed of 9 Orders, 12Families, 24 Species, Amphibians composed of 2 Orders, 6 Families, 9 Species, Reptiles composed of 2 Suborders, 5 Families, 10 Species, Aves composed of 18 Orders, 49 Families, 236 Species and Mammalian composed of 6 Oredrs, 9 Families, 16 Species. So, total vertebrate's fauna were 35 Oredrs, 2 Suborders, 80 Families, 4 Subfamilies and 295 Species. Endemic species of the Cheju island were Mustela sibirica quelpartis, Apodemus agrarius vhejuensis, Micromys minutus hertigi and Crocidura russula quelpartis, Ageithalos caudatus trivirgatus, Sitta europaea bedfordi, Eophona personata personata and Dendrocopos oeucotos quelpartis, Troglodytes troglodytes fumigatus, Parus major minor, Cettia diphone cantans and Hynobius leechii quelpartis. Especially, Sibynoghis collaris and Anguilla mauritiana were only habitated in the Cheju island. And the Cheju island was formed in extending from Plieocene to Pleistocene. Differentiation of species was continued by geological isolation 0.3 million years that repeating glacial epoch and interglacial epoch.