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
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4522.1.1
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Eutamias sibiricus
(
Laxmann, 1769
)
—Siberian Chipmunk
Sciurus sibiricus
Laxmann, 1769 p.69
;
Type
locality-
Barnaul
,
Siberia
,
Russia
.
S. ftriatus
α.
afiaticus
(misprint of
S. striatus
α.
asiaticus
)
Gmelin, 1788 p.150
;
Type
locality-
Kichiga
(Gichiga),
eastern Siberia
.
S. uthensis
Pallas, 1814
[1831] p.189;
Type
locality-
Uda River
,
northeastern Siberia
.
Tamias orientalis
Bonhote, 1899 p.385
;
Type
locality-
Upper Ussuri River
(
Sungatscha River
),
Siberia
.
Eutamias asiaticus
:
Allen, 1903 p.137
.
E. orientalis
:
Kishida & Mori, 1931 p.378
;
Tate, 1947 p.235
.
E. asiaticus uthensis
:
Kuroda, 1938 p.48
(
Korea
)
.
E. sibiricus orientalis
:
Ognev, 1940 p.487
;
Jones & Johnson, 1965 p.367
.
E
.
sibiricus barberi
Johnson and Jones, 1955b p.175
;
Type
locality- Central National Forest (
37° 44’ N
,
127° 12’ E
), near Pup’young-ni (Bupyeong-ri, Namyangju-si),
Korea
;
Won, 1958 p.444
;
Jones & Johnson, 1965 p.366
.
T
.
sibiricus asiaticus
:
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.503
;
Won, 1958 p.444
;
Won, 1967 p.173
.
E
.
sibiricus
:
Won, 1968 p.162
.
E
.
sibiricus orientalis
:
Won, 1968 p.162
.
T. sibiricus barberi
:
Corbet, 1978 p.86
.
T
.
sibiricus sibiricus
:
Yoon, 1992 p.67
.
T
.
sibiricus
:
Han, 1994 p.47
;
Won & Smith, 1999 p.24
;
Han, 2004c p.109
;
Jo
et al.
, 2012 p.253
.
Range:
The distribution of the Siberian chipmunk includes the Korean Peninsula, but this species does not inhabit the remote islands (
Fig. 114
). The population on
Jeju
Island originated from pets released in the 1980s that became invasive residents (
Jo
et al
. 2014
).
Remarks:
Two subspecies of Siberian chipmunks,
E. s. barberi
Johnson and Jones 1955
and E. s.
orientalis
(
Bonhote, 1899
)
have been proposed to occur in
Korea
. The latter only inhabits the extreme northeastern peninsula, whereas, the former occurs across all the Korean Peninsula.
Obolenskaya
et al
. (2009)
suggested
E
.
s.
sibiricus
inhabited the extreme northeast Korean Peninsula,
Russia
,
Mongolia
, Hokkaido and northeast
China
. We concur that two subspecies,
E
.
s
.
sibiricus
and
E
.
s
.
barberi,
occur in
Korea
(
Koh
et al
. 2010b
). The Korean subspecies
E. s. barberi
was imported and introduced in Europe as a pet where it became an invasive species (
Jo
et al
. 2014
).