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http://dx.doi.org/10.5635/ASED.2015.31.2.118

Intraspecific Phylogeny of the Korean Water Deer, Hydropotes inermis argyropus (Artiodactyla, Cervidae)  

Kim, Hye Ri (College of Forest and Environmental Science, Kangwon National University)
Kim, Eui Kyung (Ecosystem Research Division, National Park Research Institute, Korea National Park Service)
Jeon, Mi Gyung (College of Forest and Environmental Science, Kangwon National University)
Park, Yung Chul (College of Forest and Environmental Science, Kangwon National University)
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Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity / v.31, no.2, 2015 , pp. 118-121 More about this Journal
Abstract
The water deer, Hydropotes inermis (Cervidae), is native to China and Korea and has two subspecies of the Chinese water deer (Hydropotes inermis inermis) and Korean water deer (Hydropotes inermis argyropus). To date, only the Korean water deer has been reported in South Korea. In this study, however, an intraspecific phylogeny and haplotype analysis based on mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I indicated that both Korean and Chinese water deer are found in South Korea. The populations of the two Korean genetic lineages did not show distinct geographic distributions. Further morphological studies on the Korean water deer will be required to confirm its taxonomic status.
Keywords
water deer; Hydropotes inermis argyropus; intraspecific phylogeny; taxonomic status; Cervidae;
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