Craseomys regulus Thomas, 1907

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 : 178-179

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4522.1.1

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4571519

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scientific name

Craseomys regulus Thomas, 1907
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Craseomys regulus Thomas, 1907 —Korean Red-backed Vole

Craseomys regulus Thomas, 1906 [ 1907] p.863; Type locality- Mungyeong (Mingyong), Gyeongsangbuk Province, Korea.

Clethrionomys rufocanus regulus: Howell, 1929 p.51 ; Kuroda, 1938 p.58; Tate, 1947 p.263; Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.666; Won, 1958 p.445; Jones & Johnson, 1965 p.374; Won, 1967 p.195; Won, 1968 p.204.

Clethrionomys regulus: Kishida & Mori, 1931 p.377 .

Eothenomys regulus: Corbet, 1978 p.102 View in CoL ; Yoon, 1992 p.74; Han, 1994 p.47; Won & Smith, 1999 p.25; Han, 2004c p.130.

Myodes regulus: Musser & Carleton, 2005 p.1025 View in CoL .

Range: The distribution for Korean red-backed voles covers most of the Korean Peninsula, except the extreme northeastern region and remote islands ( Fig. 122 View FIGURE 122 ). The northern limit of this species reaches Gaemagowon.

Remarks: The species, endemic to the Korean Peninsula, was formerly classified under Clethrionomys rufocanus ( Hinton 1926; Ellerman & Morrison-Scott 1951; Gromov & Polyakov 1992; Kaneko 1990), but when Corbet (1978) promoted the Subspecies C. rufocanus regulus to the species C. regulus , he placed C. regulus in the Genus Eothenomys . Kaneko (1990) in a study of red-backed voles inhabiting Russia, northeastern China, and Korea documented morphological distinctions between C. rufocanus and C. regulus and considered the latter to be an endemic species in Korea. The author proposed that the geographical demarcation line between the two species occurred on the western and southern boundary of Gaemagowon (Kaima Plateau), North Korea. Subsequent mitochondrial and nuclear ribosomal DNA analyzes conclusively demonstrated that C. regulus was phylogenetically closer to C. rufocanus ( Suzuki et al. 1999) . Wakana et al. (1996) noted that an absence of rooting of molars in the Korean vole was a characteristic that may have developed within a short period of evolutionary time in the population in Korea. The G-banding pattern of regulus was essentially identical to C. rufocanus . Koh et al. (2011) used cytochrome b to confirm that red-backed voles from Korea were Myodes (Craseomys) regulus . Interspecific distances (4.55%) between C. regulus from Korea and C. rufocanus from northeast of Gaemagowon indicated that C. regulus was an endemic, monotypic species in Korea ( Koh et al. 2011).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Cricetidae

Genus

Craseomys

Loc

Craseomys regulus Thomas, 1907

Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L. 2018
2018
Loc

Myodes regulus:

Musser & Carleton 2005:
2005
Loc

Eothenomys regulus:

Han 2004:
Won & Smith 1999:
Han 1994:
Yoon 1992:
Corbet 1978:
1978
Loc

Clethrionomys regulus:

Kishida & Mori 1931:
1931
Loc

Clethrionomys rufocanus regulus: Howell, 1929 p.51

Won 1968:
Won 1967:
Jones & Johnson 1965:
Won 1958:
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott 1951:
Tate 1947:
Kuroda 1938:
Howell 1929:
1929
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