Jeju striped field mouse

Jeju Striped Field Mouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Apodemus
Species: A. chejuensis
Binomial name
Apodemus chejuensis
Jones et Johnson, 1965
Korean name
Hangul 제주 등줄쥐
Hanja 濟州 등줄쥐
Revised Romanization Jeju deungjuljwi
McCune–Reischauer Cheju tŭngchuljwi

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.

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.

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