The Jeju striped field mouse (Apodemus chejuensis) is a field mouse found only on Jejudo, an island in the northern East China Sea off the southwestern coast of South Korea. It was originally described in 1965 as a subspecies of Apodemus agrarius. However, a 1992 study of mitochondrial DNA found that it was in fact a separate species.
| Jeju striped field mouse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Apodemus |
| Species: | A. chejuensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Apodemus chejuensis Jones et Johnson, 1965
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 제주 등줄쥐 |
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| Hanja | 濟州 등줄쥐 |
| Revised Romanization | Jeju deungjuljwi |
| McCune–Reischauer | Cheju tŭngchuljwi |
The Jeju striped field mouse is one of the most abundant mammals on Jeju. It has brown fur with an eel back, hence the name.
References edit
- Won, Changman; Kimberly G. Smith (1999). "History and current status of mammals of the Korean Peninsula". Mammal Review. 29 (1): 3–33. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2907.1999.00034.x.
