Nyctereutes procyonoides (Gray, 1834) —Raccoon Dog

Canis procyonoides Gray, 1834 p.2; Type locality- Canton (Guangzhou), China.

Nyctereutes ussuriensis Matschie, 1908 p.178; Type locality- Ussuri, Russia.

N. koreensis Mori, 1922b p.607; Type locality- Uijeongbu (near Seoul), Korea; Kishida & Mori, 1931 p.379.

N. procyonoides koreensis: Kuroda, 1938 p.35; Tate, 1947 p.163; Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.233; Won, 1958 p.441; Won, 1967 p.138; Won, 1968 p.267; Yoon, 1992 p.95.

N. procyonoides ussuriensis: Kuroda, 1938 p.35; Won, 1958 p.441; Won, 1967 p.135; Won, 1968 p.263; Yoon, 1992 p.94.

N. procyonoides: Won, 1968 p.263; Han, 1994 p.46; Won & Smith, 1999 p.16; Oh, 2004a p.148.

N. procyonoides procyonoides: Corbet, 1978 p.164 .

Range: Raccoon dogs range throughout Korea except in remote islands (3 rd National Nature-Environmental Survey 2006–2013 unpublished electronic data; Fig. 55).

Remarks: Two allopatric subspecies of raccoon dogs have been recognized in the Korean Peninsula, including N. p. ussuriensis Matschie, 1907 in the north and N. p. koreensis Mori, 1922 in the south (Won 1967). However, no geographic barriers or morphological differences were observed between the two subspecies. Based on cytochrome b analyses, populations in Korea clustered with populations of raccoon dogs from Russia and northeastern China (N. p. ussuriensis; Kim et al. 2013a).