Capreolus pygargus tianschanicus, Siberian Roe

Jo, Yeong-Seok, Kim, Tae-Wook, Choi, Byeong-Jin & Oh, Hong-Shik, 2012, Current status of terrestrial mammals on Jeju Island, Journal of Species Research 1 (2), pp. 249-256 : 252

Capreolus pygargus tianschanicus, Siberian Roe

Although records exist for both C. p. pygargus and C. p. tianschanicus ( Kishida and Mori, 1931), only samples of C. p. tianschanicus have been collected on Jeju ( Won and Woo, 1958).

Siberian roe on Jeju was regarded as C. p. bedfordi but was revised as C. p. tianschanicus based on genetic data ( Koh and Yang, 2000). Jeju has the most abundant roe deer population in Korea due to active protection since the 1980s ( Won and Smith, 1999; Oh et al., 2011).

This species inhabits all parts of Jeju above 300 m. Also, road-killed individuals are found often. The Siberian Roe is the most common large mammal species on Jeju .