Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Superfamily Muroidea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
894-1531
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Myodes regulus
Myodes regulus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Southern Asia
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Myodes regulus: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc) as Eothenomys regulus
Comment:
Comments: Usually included in M. rufocanus (G. M. Allen, 1940; Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951; Gromov and Polyakov, 1977; Hinton, 1926a; also see references in Kaneko, 1990) but treated as a separate species by Corbet (1978c). In a study of red-backed voles from Russia, NE China, and Korea, Kaneko (1990) thoroughly documented morphological distinctions between M. rufocanus and M. regulus, considering the latter to be a Korean endemic and suggesting (p. 129) that 'the true geographical demarcation ...