Lasiopodomys mandarinus ( Milne-Edwards, 1871 )

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 : 175

Lasiopodomys mandarinus ( Milne-Edwards, 1871) — Mandarin Vole

Arvicola mandarinus Milne-Edwards, 1871 p.93 ; Type locality- Near Saratsi , Shanxi, China.

Microtus kishidai Mori, 1930b p.53 ; Type locality- Cheongnyangni, Seoul, Korea; Kishida & Mori, 1931 p.377; Kuroda, 1938 p.54; Won, 1968 p.214.

M. mandarinus: Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.709 ; Won, 1967 p.187; Corbet, 1978 p.116.

M. mandarinus kishidai: Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.710 ; Won, 1958 p.445; Jones & Johnson, 1965 p.378; Yoon, 1992 p.78.

Lasiopodomys mandarinus: Han, 1994 p.47 ; Won & Smith, 1999 p.25; Han, 2004c p.137.

Range: Occurs in lowland areas from western-central to southwestern Korea ( Fig. 119 ). Specimens have been collected in the western part of South Korea (Seoul, Gyeonggi Province, Jeollabuk Province and Jeollanam Province), but the distribution extends presumably, at least, to western areas of North Korea ( Kim et al. 2015).

Remarks: Microtus kishidai first reported in Korea in 1930 and treated as the Subspecies M. mandarinus kishidai . Gromov and Polyakov (1992) placed Microtus mandarinus in a new genus as Lasiopodomys mandarinus . Based on its darkest fur, Lasiopodomys m. kishidai Mori, 1930 is the subspecies present in Korea ( Jones & Johnson 1965).

Figures

FIGURE 119. Range map of Lasiopodomys mandarinus in Korea.