Craseomys rufocanus ( Sundevall, 1846 )

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 : 181-182

Craseomys rufocanus ( Sundevall, 1846) —Grey Red-backed Vole

Hypudaeus rufocanus Sundevall, 1846 p.122 ; Type locality- Lappmark , Sweden.

Evotomys (Craseomys) arsenjevi Dukelski, 1928 p.40 ; Type locality- Stekljannaja Padj (50 miles northeast Vladivostok), Siberia.

Clethrionomys rufocanus arsenjevi: Goodwin, 1933 p.12 ; Jones & Johnson, 1965 p.342.

Clethrionomys rufocanus: Jones & Johnson, 1965 p.372 ; Won, 1968 p.204; Corbet, 1978 p.99; Han, 1994 p.47; Won & Smith, 1999 p.25; Han, 2004c p.132.

Myodes rufocanus: Musser & Carleton, 2005 p.1026 .

Range: In Korea, the grey red-backed vole has a range limited to the extreme northeastern area around Gaemagowon and further north of the plateau ( Fig. 123 ).

Remarks: Specimens identified from China as Clethrionomys rufocanus regulus ( Won 1968) belong to Craseomys rufocanus , since C. regulus is now considered to be endemic to the Korean Peninsula ( Musser & Carleton 2005). Based on cytochrome b and a Y-linked gene (Sry), there are four lineages; 1) Primorsky, Russia and extreme northeastern Korea, 2) Kamchatka, 3) Sakhalin, and 4) Hokkaido ( Iwasa et al. 2000).

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FIGURE 123. Range map of Craseomys rufocanus in Korea.