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).

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FIGURE 119. Range map of Lasiopodomys mandarinus in Korea.