Canis lupus 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 : 90-92

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

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Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758
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Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL View at ENA —Eurasian Wolf

Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758 p.39 View in CoL View Cited Treatment ; Type locality- Sweden; Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.218; Won, 1968 p.249; Corbet, 1978 p.161; Han, 1994 p.46; Won & Smith, 1999 p.15; Oh, 2004a p.147.

Lupus laniger Hodgson, 1847a p.474 ; Type locality- Tibet

C. chanco Gray, 1863 p.94 ; Type locality- Chinese Tartary.

C. lupus coreanus Abe, 1923 p.383 ; Type locality- Korea; Kishida & Mori, 1931 p.379.

C. lupus laniger: Kuroda, 1938 p.36 .

C. lupus chanco: Tate, 1947 p.160 View in CoL ; Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.219; Won, 1958 p.441; Won, 1967 p.139; Won, 1968 p.251; Yoon, 1992 p.91.

Range: The original distribution of the Eurasian wolf extended throughout the Korean Peninsula ( Jo & Baccus 2015). The population declined severely during the Japanese incursion (1910–1945). Several individuals were recorded around Mt. Baekdu until the 1990s ( Jin & Ouh 1990), but their current status is uncertain ( Fig. 58 View FIGURE 58 ).

Remarks: The Korean wolf was first classified as C. l. coreanus Abe, 1923 , which then was synonymized with C. l. chanco ( Won 1967) . However, the designation of C. l. chanco as a synonym of C. l. lupus was disputed, because C l. chanco was the name for the Tibetan wolf with a distribution in Central Asia. Although wolves in Korea were classified as C. l. chanco , Korea was outside the distribution compared to the countries listed within the distribution. Abe (1936) stated that C. l. coreanus in the Korean Peninsula was clearly different from the continental form. Recent mtDNA results indicated that coreanus is a synonym of the subspecies C. l. lupus Linnaeus, 1758 ( Aggarwal et al. 2003, 2007).

Conservation status: The Red Data Book of South Korea listed C. lupus as ‘Regionally Extinct’ (NIBR 2012). Since wild populations had almost reached extirpation, the North Korean Government classified this species as ‘Vulnerable’ (MAB National Committee of DPR Korea 2002). In 1997, the Ministry of Environment designated C. lupus as an endangered species in South Korea. The wolf became exterminated in South Korea and across most of North Korea in the last century ( Jo & Baccus 2015). C. lupus has protection under CITES Appendix II.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Carnivora

Family

Canidae

Genus

Canis

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Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758

Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L. 2018
2018
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C. lupus chanco:

Yoon 1992:
Won 1968:
Won 1967:
Won 1958:
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott 1951:
Tate 1947:
1947
Loc

C. lupus laniger:

Kuroda 1938:
1938
Loc

C. lupus coreanus

Kishida & Mori 1931:
Abe 1923:
1923
Loc

C. chanco

Gray 1863:
1863
Loc

Lupus laniger

Hodgson 1847:
1847
Loc

Canis lupus

Oh 2004:
Won & Smith 1999:
Han 1994:
Corbet 1978:
Won 1968:
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott 1951:
Linnaeus 1758:
1758
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