Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758

Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, Zootaxa 4522 (1), pp. 1-216 : 101-103

Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758

— Wild Boar

Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 p.49 ; Type locality- Germany; Won, 1968 p.345; Han, 1994 p.46; Won & Smith, 1999 p.21; Oh, 2004b p.257; Jo et al., 2012 p.252.

S. ussuricus Heude, 1888 p.54 ; Type locality- Ussuri, Siberia.

S. gigas Heude, 1896 p.189 ; Type locality- Vladivostok.

S. coreanus Heude, 1896 p.191 ; Type locality- Busan, Korea; Kishida & Mori, 1931 p.380.

S. leucomystax var. continentalis Nehring, 1889 p.141 ; Type locality- Vladivostok.

S. continentalis: Kishida & Mori, 1931 p.380 .

S. leucomystax continentalis: Kuroda, 1938 p.2 .

S. leucomystax coreanus: Kuroda, 1938 p.2 ; Tate, 1947 p.313.

S. scrofa coreanus: Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.347 ; Won, 1958 p.430; Won, 1967 p.34; Won, 1968 p.350; Yoon, 1992 p.122.

S. scrofa ussuricus: Won, 1958 p.430 ; Won, 1967 p.32; Yoon, 1992 p.121.

S. scrofa continentalis: Won, 1968 p.346 .

Range: Sus scrofa ranges throughout the Korean Peninsula and islands near the mainland (3 rd National Nature-Environmental Survey 2006–2013 unpublished electronic data; Fig. 66 ). The species dispersed into Jeju Island in 2003 as an invasive species ( Jo et al. 2012).

Remarks: Previously, two subspecies recorded, S. s. ussuricus (or S. s. continentalis ) in northern high mountains around Mt. Baekdu and S. s. coreanus in the rest of the country. Sometimes S. s. coreanus placed as a synonym of S. s. ussuricus due to minor morphological differences. Recent DNA analysis showed that S. s. coreanus was more closely related to southeastern Asian and Japanese populations ( Cho et al. 2009). A hypothesis suggests that S. s. coreanus crossed from southeastern Asia or Japan to the Korean Peninsula during the last glacial period with sea level decline ( Cho et al. 2009).

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FIGURE 66. Range map of Sus scrofa in Korea.