J. Knox Jones

“ However, the dorsal coloration of praetor is somewhat darker and duller than that of peninsulae, especially in summer pelage when praetor lacks the conspicuous bright ochraceous tinge of the Korean specimens. In addition, praetor has broader zygomatic plates with correspondingly deeper zygomatic notches and the color on the face of the upper incisors averages much more orange than in peninsulae. [Pg 342]
In the north then, wood mice range from Korea and Manchuria westward at least as far as the Altai Mountains. ”

“ For mice from the intervening Siberian areas Russian workers have used the name major which, as noted above, is unavailable. The exact relationships of the mice of these areas to previously named subspecies is unknown to me and I have not seen specimens of "Mus (Alsomys) major rufulus" of Dukelsky, 1928, the type locality of which is 75 versts (approximately 50 miles) SE Vladivostok, Siberia. It appears to be of the same species as peninsulae and judging from the original description it closely resembles praetor. ”

“ TABLE 1.—Cranial Measurements of Adults of Several Subspecies of Apodemus peninsulae
Comparisons.—From Apodemus peninsulae peninsulae (specimens from various localities in central Korea) , A. p. sowerbyi differs in: External size smaller throughout, especially hind foot; upper parts, especially in summer pelage, and dorsal aspect of tail paler; [Pg 345] skull smaller and less massive; braincase proportionally more inflated; rostrum shorter and noticeably down-curved. From Apodemus peninsulae praetor of Manchuria (holotype and paratypes) , A. p. ”

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