Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status
Author
Jo, Yeong-Seok
Author
Baccus, John T.
Author
Koprowski, John L.
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-11-19
4522
1
1
216
journal article
27944
10.11646/zootaxa.4522.1.1
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1175-5326
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ORDER
LAGOMORPHA Brandt, 1855
Mammalogists previously united
Lagomorpha
with
Rodentia
as a single order (
Carleton & Musser 2005
). These two orders were frequently considered as a single cohort (
Glires
;
Landry 1999
) that diverged into two orders at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary (
Huchon
et al
. 2002
).
The order
Lagomorpha
in
Korea
contains two families, two genera and three species. Lagomorphs in the Family
Ochotonidae
only inhabit extreme northern
Korea
(southern limit is Mt. Myohyang), whereas, members of the
Leporidae
commonly occur throughout the Korean Peninsula.