Apodemus peninsulae
(O. Thomas, 1907)
Korean Field Mouse
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Muridae |
| Subfamily | : Murinae |
| Tribe | : Apodemini |
| Genus | : Apodemus |
Species status
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1907-04-11. The Duke of Bedford's zoological exploration in eastern Asia.—II. List of small mammals from Korea and Quelpart. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1906(4):858-865.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31208619Original name as described
Micromys speciosus peninsulae
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1906.12.6.45
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3a15907a-87da-41de-99dc-ae22f2f616ccType locality
"Min-gyoung, 110 mi [= 177 km] S.E. of Seoul[, South Korea]. 1200' [= 366 m]."
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Russia · Mongolia · China · North Korea · South Korea · Japan
Taxonomy notes
the name tscherga may be the oldest name for this species, but there has been considerable confusion regarding the placement of the name (under either A. peninsulae, A. uralensis, or A. sylvaticus), so the name is treated as unavailable here; a recent molecular study suggested splitting of Apodemus into three genera: Apodemus, Alsomys (including A. peninsulae under the name major, which is preoccupied), and Sylvaemus; this revision was based on phylogenies created using cytochrome b sequences that show Apodemus sensu lato as monophyletic, but the three proposed genera as paraphyletic with each other; the authors supported the revision with the deep divergence time between the various clades; however, given that the genus is already monophyletic and that the proposed genera are not reciprocally monophyletic, Apodemus is retained as a single genus here pending more integrative taxonomic research
Taxonomy notes citation
Mezhzherin, S., & Tereshchenko, V. (2023). Taxonomic Hierarchy and Evolutionary Scenario of the Genus Group Apodemus sl (Muridae) of the Palearctic based of Genetic Differentiation in the cyt-b Gene. Zoodiversity, 57(1), 1-12.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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