Meles leucurus ( Hodgson, 1847 )
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4571251 |
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Meles leucurus ( Hodgson, 1847) View in CoL View at ENA —Asian Badger
Taxidia leucurus Hodgson, 1847b p.763 ; Type locality- Tibet.
Meles melanogenys Allen and Andrews, 1913 p.433 View in CoL ; Type locality- Musan, Korea; Kishida & Mori, 1931 p.380; Kuroda, 1938 p.25.
M. meles melanogenys: Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.273 ; Won, 1958 p.437; Won, 1967 p.103; Yoon, 1992 p.109.
M. meles: Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.271 View in CoL ; Won, 1968 p.299; Corbet, 1978 p.175; Han, 1994 p.46; Won & Smith, 1999 p.18; Oh, 2004a p.180.
M. meles amurensis: Tate, 1947 p.154 ; Won, 1968 p.299.
M. leucurus: Jo et al., 2012 p.252 .
Range: The Asian badger inhabits the Korean Peninsula and Jeju Island ( Fig. 46 View FIGURE 46 ).
Remarks: Because the species was treated as M. meles for a long time, the name M. meles became frequently used in Korea. Based on DNA analysis ( Tashima et al. 2011), the species complex of the Eurasian badger was divided into four lineages, Japanese ( M. anakuma ); western Eurasian ( M. meles meles European subspecies); Caucasian ( M. meles canascens Transcaucasian subspecies); and eastern Eurasian ( M. leucurus ). Abramov and Puzachenko (2006) delineated two subspecies, M. l. leucurus and M. l. amurensis , based on morphometric analysis; the Korean badger was regarded as M. l. amurensis . However, Koh et al. (2014b) rejected the species status of M. anakuma and considered M. leucurus a monotypic species.
Conservation status: Since traditional medicine began using gall bladders of this badger as a substitute for bear gall bladders, M. leucurus populations have decreased. Seoul, Ulsan, and Jeollanam Province designated this species as provincially protected since 2002. Meles leucurus in South Korea is listed ‘Near Threatened’ (NIBR 2012).
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Meles leucurus ( Hodgson, 1847 )
Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L. 2018 |
M. leucurus:
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M. meles: Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.271
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Meles melanogenys
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