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 58e0c7c5-75ec-4b1b-beb0-d01527f710f9 1175-5326 2610198 C24EFA8A-A5A0-4B06-A0A9-632F542B9529 Lepus mandshuricus Radde, 1861 —Manchurian Hare Lepus mandshuricus Radde, 1861 p.684 ; Type locality-Mt. Bureja, eastern Siberia; Jones & Johnson, 1965 p.363 ; Corbet, 1978 p.74 ; Han, 1994 p.46 ; Won & Smith, 1999 p.28 ; Han, 2004b p.101 . L. europaeus mandshuricus : Tate, 1947 p.205 . L . brachyurus : Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.442 . L . brachyurus mandshuricus : Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.442 . Range: The Manchurian hare has a limited distribution in extreme northern Korea through Pyeonganbuk Province, Jagang Province, Ryanggang Province, and Hamgyeongbuk Province ( Kim et al. 2015 ; Fig. 5 ). Remarks: The taxonomic assignment of the Manchurian hare ( L . mandshuricus ) has fluctuated. Sowerby (1923 , 1933 ) and Loukashkin (1943) recognized this hare as a separate species, while Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) placed it as a subspecies of the Japanese hare L. brachyurus , because of similarities in characteristics of the teeth and cranial measurements. Wu et al . (2005) supported a species status based on the inferred phylogenetic relationships and the mean maximum likelihood distance on the complete mitochondrial cytochrome b , 12S, partial ND4 and control region fragments between the Manchurian hare and Japanese hare (0.197). In addition, mammalogists confused Lepus mandshuricus with L. coreanus . Jones and Johnson (1965) found specimens of L. mandshuricus identified as L. coreanus . Won (1967) listed L. coreanus as the only species of hare in Korea ; whereas, Won (1968) reported L. mandshuricus as the only species in Korea . However, nuclear and mitochondrial analyses supported L. mandshuricus as a distinct species from L. timidus and L. coreanus ( Koh & Jang 2010 ) .