FELIDAE Fischer, 1817

Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, Zootaxa 4522 (1), pp. 1-216 : 79

Family FELIDAE Fischer, 1817

The Family Felidae in Korea has four species representatives grouped into three genera. Except for the small-sized Prionailurus bengalensis , the other three species of medium or large-sized cats are considered extirpated in South Korea, and their presence in North Korea remains uncertain. Allen and Andrews (1913) reported the snow leopard ( Uncia uncia ) in Korea, but no further record has confirmed that the species exists in Korea. Other than the report by Allen and Andrews (1913), no other record placed the snow leopard in Korea, Manchuria, or Siberia, Allen and Andrews (1913) reported the species was frequently caught by natives, but the natives may have confused the tiger with leopards. Therefore, the record of snow leopard by Allen and Andrews (1913) in Korea is regarded as an erroneous identification. We did not include the snow leopard in our list because over 100-years have elapsed since the supposedly report of the species in Korea.