Murino leucogaster Milne-Edwards, 1872. Rech. Hist. Nat. Mammifères, p. 252.

TYPE LOCALITY: China, Szechwan, Moupin.

DISTRIBUTION: E Himalayas; Shensi, Szechwan, Fukien, and Inner Mongolia (China); Upper Yenisei River (Russia); Altai Mtns (Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia); Korea; Ussuri region (Russia); Sakhalin Isl (Russia); Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikiku (Japan).

SYNONYMS: hilgendorfi, intermedia, ognevi, rubex, sibirica.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Murino. Includes hilgendorfi, but see Yoshiyuki (1989).