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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Family
MURIDAE Illiger, 1811
Although the European species
Apodemus sylvaticus
has been mentioned as a species occurring in
Korea
(
Lee & Lim 1974
), we here consider that records of the species originated from erroneous identifications (
Pavlinov & Khlyap 2012
). Although
Musser and Carleton (2005)
listed
A. chejuensis
as a subspecies on
Jeju
Island, we treat the taxon at the specific level based on reproductive isolation with
A. agrarius
on the Korean Peninsula. Therefore, we list eight species of
Muridae
(and four genera) for
Korea
.