Jeju Striped Field Mouse

Taxobox | name = Jeju Striped Field Mouse
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Muridae
genus = "Apodemus"
species = "A. chejuensis"
binomial = "Apodemus chejuensis"
binomial_authority = Jones et Johnson, 1965Infobox Korean name
title = Korean name
tablewidth = 200
color = #D3D3A4
hangul = nowrap|제주 등줄쥐
hanja = nowrap|濟州 등줄쥐
rr = nowrap|Jeju deungjuljwi
mr = nowrap|Cheju tŭngchuljwiThe Jeju Striped Field Mouse, or "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.

The Jeju Striped Field Mouse is one of the most abundant mammals on Jeju. It has brown fur with an , hence the name.

References

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ee also

*List of mammals of Korea
*List of placental mammals

External links

* [http://env.jejusi.go.kr/san/Upload/20050709173815제주등줄쥐.jpgPhotograph]