Published December 31, 1993 | Version v1
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Mustela altaica Pallas 1811

Description

Mustela altaica Pallas, 1811. Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat., 1:98.

TYPE LOCALITY: "qui alpes altaicas adibunt" [Altai Mtns].

DISTRIBUTION: E Kazakhstan, S and SE Siberia, Primorski Krai (Russia); Mongolia; Tibet, W and N China; Korea.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix III (India).

SYNONYMS: alpina Gebier, 1823; astutus Milne-Edwards, 1870; birulai Ognev, 1928; longstaffi Wroughton, 1911; raddei Ognev, 1928; sacana Thomas, 1914; temon Hodgson, 1857.

COMMENTS: Youngman (1982) placed altaica in the subgenus Mustela; however, Ognev (1935) considered sibirica and altaica closely related.

Notes

Published as part of W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, pp. 279-348 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 321, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191

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Biodiversity

Family
Mustelidae
Genus
Mustela
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Carnivora
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Pallas
Species
altaica
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Mustela altaica Pallas, 1811 sec. Wozencraft, 1993

References

  • Ognev, S. I. 1928. Zveri vostochnoi Evropy i severnoi Azii: Nasekomoyadnye i letychie myshi [Mammals of eastern Europe and northern Asia: Insectivora and Chiroptera]. Glavnauka, Moscow, 1: 1 - 631 (in Russian).
  • Youngman, P. M. 1982. Distribution and systematics of the European mink, Mustela lutreola Linnaeus, 1761. Acta Zoologica Fennica, 166: 1 - 48.
  • Ognev, S. I. 1935. Zveri SSSR i prilezhashchikh stran. Khishchnyei i lastonogie (Zveri vostochnoi Evropy i severnoi Azii) [Mammals of the USSR and adjacent countries: Carnivora and Pinnipedia (Mammals of eastern Europe and northern Asia)]. Glavpushnina NKVT, Moscow, 3: 1 - 752 (in Russian).