Journal of Animal Breeding and Genomics (J Anim Breed Genom)
Hye-Ri Kim1, Jae-Bong Lee2, Sang-Min Jeong1, Tae-Wook Kim1, Jang-Ick Son1, Jeong-Joo Youn3, Sang-Hyun Han1*
1National Park Institute for Wildlife Conservation, Korea National Park Service, Yeongju, 36015, Korea
2Korea Zoonosis Research Institute(KoZRI), Chonbuk National University, Iksan, 54531, Korea
3Department of Culture & Documentary, Seoul Broadcasting System, Seoul, 03916, Korea
Correspondence to Sang-Hyun Han, E-mail: hansh04@knps.or.kr
Volume 7, Number 3, Pages 85-93, September 2023.
Journal of Animal Breeding and Genomics 2023, 7(3), 85-93. https://doi.org/10.12972/jabng.20230010
Received on 30 August, 2023, Revised on 18 September, 2023, Accepted on 22 September, 2023, Published on 30 September, 2023.
Copyright © 2023 Korean Society of Animal Breeding and Genetics.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0).
The study examined the habitation and the number of long-tailed gorals by molecular identification, sexing discrimination, and identity tests on feces and hair samples estimated to be endangered long-tailed goral in Mt. Yongmasan, Mt. Achasan and Mt. Inwangsan near Seoul metropolitan city. Mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene sequences showed that the DNA samples from the three mountains were those of long-tailed goral (Naemorhedus caudatus). The molecular sexing results showed that there were a female and a male in Mt. Yongmasan, a male in Mt. Achasan, but no informative results for Mt. Inwangsan. The identity test results indicated that the males of Mt. Yongmasan and Mt. Achasan were the same male, estimating the shift of this male from Mt. Yongmasan to Mt. Achasan. In addition, the goral of Mt. Inwangsan had a different COI sequence from those of Mt. Yongmasan and Mt. Achasan estimated to be this male with a different maternal lineage. Our present findings provide molecular evidence that at least three gorals have been inhabiting or continuously visiting the mountainous areas of Seoul metropolitan city, suggesting that a management system may be necessary for protecting this natural habitat of endangered long-tailed goral.
endangered species, genetic identification, long-tailed goral, Naemorhedus caudatus, Seoul metropolitan city
본 논문은 국립공원공단 국립공원야생생물보전원의 “멸종위기종 증식‧복원 사업”에서 수행된 결과의 일부이며, 이에 감사드립니다.
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