Mitochondrial DNA Evidence Suggests Challenge to the Conspecific Status of the Hairy-Footed Flying Squirrel Belomys pearsonii from Taiwan and Vietnam

Tatsuo Oshida1,*, Liang-Kong Lin2, Shih-Wei Chang3, Can Ngoc Dang4, Son Truong Nguyen4, Nghia Xuan Nguyen4, Dang Xuan Nguyen4, Hideki Endo5, Junpei Kimura6, Motoki Sasaki7, Akiko Hayashida8 and Ai Takano9 1 Laboratory of Wildlife Biology, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro 080-8555, Japan 2 Laboratory of Wildlife Ecology, Department of Life Science, Tunghai University, Taichung 407, Taiwan, R.O.C. 3 Division of Zoology, Taiwan Endemic Species Research Institute, Chichi 552, Taiwan, R.O.C. 4 Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Sciences and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam 5 The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan 6 College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea 7 Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro 080-8555, Japan 8 Nasu Animal Kingdom, Nasu 329-3223, Japan 9 Laboratory of Epidemiology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan