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
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1
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journal article
27944
10.11646/zootaxa.4522.1.1
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Nyctereutes procyonoides
(
Gray, 1834
)
—Raccoon Dog
Canis procyonoides
Gray, 1834 p.2
;
Type
locality-
Canton
(Guangzhou),
China
.
Nyctereutes ussuriensis
Matschie, 1908 p.178
;
Type
locality-
Ussuri
,
Russia
.
N. koreensis
Mori, 1922b p.607
;
Type
locality- Uijeongbu (near
Seoul
),
Korea
;
Kishida & Mori, 1931 p.379
.
N. procyonoides koreensis
:
Kuroda, 1938 p.35
;
Tate, 1947 p.163
;
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.233
;
Won, 1958 p.441
;
Won, 1967 p.138
;
Won, 1968 p.267
;
Yoon, 1992 p.95
.
N. procyonoides ussuriensis
:
Kuroda, 1938 p.35
;
Won, 1958 p.441
;
Won, 1967 p.135
;
Won, 1968 p.263
;
Yoon, 1992 p.94
.
N. procyonoides
:
Won, 1968 p.263
;
Han, 1994 p.46
;
Won & Smith, 1999 p.16
;
Oh, 2004a p.148
.
N
.
procyonoides procyonoides
:
Corbet, 1978 p.164
.
FIGURE 55.
Range map of
Nyctereutes procyonoides
in Korea.
Range:
Raccoon dogs range throughout
Korea
except in remote islands (3
rd
National Nature-Environmental Survey
2006–2013
unpublished electronic data;
Fig. 55
).
Remarks:
Two allopatric subspecies of raccoon dogs have been recognized in the Korean Peninsula, including N. p.
ussuriensis
Matschie,
1907
in the north and N. p.
koreensis
Mori,
1922
in the south (
Won 1967
). However, no geographic barriers or morphological differences were observed between the two subspecies. Based on cytochrome
b
analyses, populations in
Korea
clustered with populations of raccoon dogs from
Russia
and northeastern
China
(
N. p.
ussuriensis
;
Kim
et al.
2013a
).