Capreolus pygargus ( Pallas, 1771 )

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 : 105-107

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

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4571326

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scientific name

Capreolus pygargus ( Pallas, 1771 )
status

 

Capreolus pygargus ( Pallas, 1771) View in CoL View at ENA —Siberian Roe Deer

Cervus pygargus Pallas, 1771 p.453 ; Type locality- Bugulma uplands, source of River Sok, Russia.

Cervus pygargus var. mantschurucus Noack, 1889 p.15 .

Capreolus bedfordi Thomas, 1908 p.645 ; Type locality- 100 mile NW of Taiyuen Fu (Taiyuan), Shanxi Province, China.

Capreolus bedfordi bedfordi: Kuroda, 1917 p.363 ; (Gwangneung near Seoul): Kishida & Mori, 1931 p.380.

Capreolus pygargus manchuricus: Kishida & Mori, 1931 p.380

Capreolus capreolus ochracea Barclay, 1935 p.626 ; Type locality- Korea; Kuroda, 1938 p.7.

Capreolus pygargus pygargus: Kuroda, 1938 p.7 View in CoL .

Capreolus capreolus bedfordi: Tate, 1947 p.337 ; Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.373; Won, 1958 p.432; Won, 1967 p.52; Won, 1968 p.367; Corbet, 1978 p.204; Yoon, 1992 p.133.

Capreolus capreolus pygargus: Won, 1958 p.431 View in CoL ; Won, 1968 p.362; Yoon, 1992 p.133.

Capreolus capreolus: Won, 1968 p.360 View in CoL .

Capreolus pygargus: Han, 1994 p.46 View in CoL ; Won & Smith, 1999 p.23; Oh, 2004b p.269.

Capreolus pygargus tianschanicus: Oh, 2004b p.270 ; Jo et al., 2012 p.252.

Range: The range of C. pygargus covers all of the Korean Peninsula and Jeju Island, the latter having the most abundant population ( Fig. 69 View FIGURE 69 ).

Remarks: A single subspecies is supposed to occur in Korea ( Oh 2004b). However, while DNA analysis indicated a small genetic difference between the peninsular and continental populations, the Jeju Island population had substantial genetic differences compared to the peninsular and continental populations ( Koh & Yang 2000; Koh et al. 2012a). Therefore, Koh et al. (2012a) suggested the population on Jeju Island should be recognized as a distinct subspecies. Xiao et al. (2007) showed that the average mtDNA distance between northeastern China and European roe deer (5.8%) was more than twice that between northeastern China and Korean roe deer (2.7%). The authors concluded that roe deer of northeastern China, Korea and Siberia were a single species ( Capreolus pygargus ), distinct from the European roe deer ( Capreolus capreolus ).

Conservation status: The continuous use in folk medicine of antlers of roe deer caused a decline in populations in Korea. Due to active conservation efforts, the density of roe deer on Jeju Island in 2007 increased to 5.33 individuals per km 2 ( Kim et al. 2007). On the other hand, the density of mainland populations in South Korea declined to 1.86 individuals per km 2 (unpublished data from Wildlife Survey by the NIBR). Siberian roe deer on Jeju Island are now considered an ‘agricultural pest’ because of their damage to crops ( Oh 2011). Seoul, Ulsan, Gwangju Metropolitan governments and Jeollanam Province Provincial government designated this species as a Provincially Protected Species. Like mainland populations of Siberian roe deer, populations of most wildlife game species declined or even became extirpated in North Korea by illegal poachers using snares (William Duckworth, IUCN, Pers. Comm.).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Artiodactyla

Family

Cervidae

Genus

Capreolus

Loc

Capreolus pygargus ( Pallas, 1771 )

Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L. 2018
2018
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Capreolus pygargus tianschanicus:

Jo 2012:
Oh 2004:
2004
Loc

Capreolus pygargus: Han, 1994 p.46

Oh 2004:
Won & Smith 1999:
Han 1994:
1994
Loc

Capreolus capreolus: Won, 1968 p.360

Won 1968:
1968
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Capreolus capreolus pygargus:

Yoon 1992:
Won 1968:
Won 1958:
1958
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Capreolus capreolus bedfordi:

Yoon 1992:
Corbet 1978:
Won 1968:
Won 1967:
Won 1958:
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott 1951:
Tate 1947:
1947
Loc

Capreolus pygargus pygargus:

Kuroda 1938:
1938
Loc

Capreolus capreolus ochracea

Kuroda 1938:
Barclay 1935:
1935
Loc

Capreolus pygargus manchuricus:

Kishida & Mori 1931:
1931
Loc

Capreolus bedfordi bedfordi:

Kishida & Mori 1931:
Kuroda 1917:
1917
Loc

Capreolus bedfordi

Thomas 1908: 645
1908
Loc

Cervus pygargus var. mantschurucus

Noack 1889:
1889
Loc

Cervus pygargus

Pallas 1771:
1771
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