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Biological Characteristics and Current Status of Nutria (Myocastor coypus) Introduced in Jeju Island

제주도에 도입된 뉴트리아(Myocastor coypus)의 생물학적 특성 및 서식 현황

  • Kim, Ga-Ram (Faculty of Science Education, Jeju National University) ;
  • Oh, Hong-Shik (Faculty of Science Education, Jeju National University)
  • Received : 2016.10.14
  • Accepted : 2016.12.27
  • Published : 2017.02.28
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Abstract

The study was carried out to understand the inhabiting status and biological features of nutria (Myocastor coypus) in the Jeju Island from May, 2013 to August, 2016. Five individuals were captured by traps and two individuals were collected in dead. Of the 7 individuals, those whose bio-information could not be known were excluded to perform autopsy of the rest of them. The results from morphological, cranial and anatomical analyses, it was found that the females achieved sexual maturation but had no breeding experience. An adult male showed similar sizes to those found in the Korean Peninsula. After collecting the 7 individuals in 2013, 1 nutria individual was filmed by the scouting camera in May, 2014 but not captured. The long-term investigation of the research area found no inhibiting individual. It is deemed the nutria was either died of natural death or migrated. In order to establish a proper nutria control, the environmental characteristics of Jeju Island should be considered where indigenous and introduced species coexist in a limited space. Our findings will provide helpful information for understanding biological features of nutria and planning protection program of natural ecosystems of Jeju Island.

본 연구는 제주도에 도입된 외래 포유동물인 뉴트리아의 서식현황과 생물학적 특성을 밝히기 위하여 2013년 5월부터 2016년 8월까지 수행되었다. 연구를 통해 트랩으로 5개체가 포획되었고, 사체 2개체를 수집하였다. 이중 부패가 심해 생물학적 정보가 불분명한 1개체는 분석에서 제외했다. 조사한 암컷 4개체와 수컷 2개체는 모두 백색계통이었고, 눈동자는 적색이었다. 외부형태와 두개골형질 분석, 해부학적 관찰결과들은 포획된 암컷들이 성적으로 성숙한 상태였으나 번식활동은 이루어지지 않았음을 알 수 있었다. 수컷 성체의 신체크기는 내륙의 성체와 유사하였다. 2013년 7개체 수집 이후 2014년 5월, 무인카메라에 1개체가 촬영되었으나 포획되지는 않았다. 이후 연구지역에서 지속적으로 모니터링을 실시한 결과, 서식하는 개체가 더 이상 확인되지 않아 자연사했거나 이주한 것으로 판단된다. 한정된 공간에서 토착 동물들과 유입종이 공존하는 제주지역의 특성에 맞는 뉴트리아의 관리방안을 마련하기 위해서는 제주도의 환경적 특성이 고려되어야 할 것이다. 이 연구 결과는 뉴트리아의 생물학적 특성을 이해하고, 제주도의 자연생태계 보호 프로그램을 마련하는 데 유용한 정보로 활용될 것이라 판단된다.

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