Mustela altaica Pallas 1811

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 613

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scientific name	Mustela altaica Pallas 1811
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Mustela altaica Pallas 1811 , Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, Part I: 98.

Type Locality: "qui alpes altaicas adibunt" [Altai Mtns].

Vernacular Names: Mountain Weasel.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Mustela altaica subsp. altaica Pallas 1811

Subspecies Mustela altaica subsp. birulai Ognev 1928

Subspecies Mustela altaica subsp. raddei Ognev 1928

Subspecies Mustela altaica subsp. temon Hodgson 1857

Distribution: W and N China, Kashmir, E Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, North Korea (?), Russia (S and SE Siberia, Primorski Krai), Sikkim, Tajikistan.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix III ( India); IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Youngman (1982) placed altaica in the subgenus Mustela ; however, Ognev (1935) considered sibirica and altaica closely related. Abramov (1999) placed it in the subgenus Gale . Synonyms allocated according to Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951).