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
216
journal article
27944
10.11646/zootaxa.4522.1.1
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Genus
Craseomys
Miller, 1900
Craseomys
was considered a subgenus of
Myodes
(
Musser & Carleton 2005
)
. Based on cytochrome
b
, Lebedev
et al
. (2007)
suggested the usage of a separate genus,
Craseomys
Miller, 1900
for the group
Clethrionomys rufocanus
,
Clethrionomys rex
,
Clethrionomys andersoni
and the
Clethrionomys smithii
complex. Both mtDNA and nDNA analyzes by
Kohli
et al
. (2014)
supported the taxonomic revision proposed by
Lebedev
et al
. (2007)
.
Craseomys
includes two Korean species,
C. rufocanus
and
C. regulus
. Although
C. regulus
was once included in
Eothenomys
,
molecular phylogeny placed
Eothenomys
as the closest taxon to
Craseomys
(
Kohli
et al
. 2014
)
.