Hypsugo alaschanicus ( Bobrinskoj, 1926 )

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 : 61

Hypsugo alaschanicus ( Bobrinskoj, 1926) —Alashanian Pipistrelle

Eptesicus alaschanicus Bobrinskoj, 1926 p.98 ; Type locality- Alashan Range , Mongolia.

Amblyotus velox Ognev, 1927 p.154 ; Type locality- Vladivostok , Russia

Pipistrellus savii coreensis Imaizumi, 1955 p.56 ; Won, 1958 p.455; Won, 1967 p.324; Won, 1968 p.111; Corbet, 1978 p.54.

P. savii velox: Won, 1958 p.455 ; Won, 1967 p.325.

P. savii: Won, 1968 p.111 ; Corbet, 1978 p.54; Han, 1994 p.45; Won & Smith, 1999 p.14; Son, 2001 p.109.

P. coreensis: Yoshiyuki, 1985 p.129 ; Yoon, 1992 p.44; Yoon, 2004 p.72; Yoon, 2010 p.52.

H. alaschanicus coreensis: Jo et al. 2012 p.251 .

Range: Hypsugo alaschanicus ranges throughout the Korean Peninsula and Jeju Island ( Yoon 2010; Jo et al. 2012; Fig. 38 ).

Remarks: Populations in Korea were recognized as the species Hypsugo coreensis ( Imaizumi, 1955) ( Yoon 2010) . Although Yoshiyuki (1989) and Yoon (2010) treated coreensis as a distinct species, Pipistrellus coreensis or Hypsugo coreensis , respectively, Horácek et al. (2000) proposed that coreensis may represent a separate subspecies of H. alaschanicus instead of a distinct species. Although the geographic range of H. a. velox (Vladivostok, eastern Siberia, Hokkaido and Honshu) lies closer to H. a. coreensis (with which it shares similar habitats), the two subspecies have morphological differences in features of the braincase, teeth and color ( Yoshiyuki 1989). H. a. coreensis has a larger braincase, more developed antero-internal cusp of P 4, and more reddish dorsal color than H. a. velox ( Yoon 2010) . On molecular grounds, Hypsugo savii in western Eurasia and H. alaschanicus in eastern Eurasia show a clear phylogeographic split ( Datzmann et al. 2012). We followed Horácek et al. (2000) in listing this species.

Conservation status: The North Korean Government classified this species as ‘Rare’ (MAB National Committee of DPR Korea 2002).

Figures

FIGURE 38. Range map of Hypsugo alaschanicus in Korea.