| 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 | 제주등줄쥐 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 濟州등줄쥐 |
| RR | Jeju deungjuljwi |
| MR | 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.
