Mustela sibirica Pallas 1773

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 : 618

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scientific name	Mustela sibirica Pallas 1773
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Mustela sibirica Pallas 1773 , Reise Prov. Russ. Reichs, Vol. 2: 701.

Type Locality: "Sibiriae montanis, sylvis densissimis", restricted by Pocock (1941 a) to "Vorposten Tigerazkoi, near Usstkomengorsk, W. Altai," based on Pallas (1773:570) [ U.S. S. R., E. Kazakhstan, vic. of Ust-Kamenogorsk, Tigeretskoie ( Honacki et al., 1982)] .

Vernacular Names: Siberian Weasel.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Mustela sibirica subsp. sibirica Pallas 1773

Subspecies Mustela sibirica subsp. canigula Hodgson 1842

Subspecies Mustela sibirica subsp. charbinensis Lowkashkin 1934

Subspecies Mustela sibirica subsp. coreanus Domaniewski 1926

Subspecies Mustela sibirica subsp. davidiana Milne-Edwards 1871

Subspecies Mustela sibirica subsp. fontanierii Milne-Edwards 1871

Subspecies Mustela sibirica subsp. hodgsoni Gray 1843

Subspecies Mustela sibirica subsp. manchurica Brass 1911

Subspecies Mustela sibirica subsp. moupinensis Milne-Edwards 1874

Subspecies Mustela sibirica subsp. quelpartis Thomas 1908

Subspecies Mustela sibirica subsp. subhemachalana Hodgson 1837

Distribution: N Burma, China, Japan (Hokkaido, introduced to Honshu), North Korea, South Korea, Pakistan, Russia (From Kirov Prov., Tataria and W Ural Mtns throughout Siberia to Far East), Taiwan, N Thailand.

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

Discussion: Youngman (1982) placed sibirica in the subgenus Lutreola, Abramov (1999) placed it in the subgenus Kolonokus . Ognev (1935) considered altaica and sibirica closely related. Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) implied, and Heptner et al. (1967), Corbet (1978), and Lekagul and McNeely (1988) believed lutreolina and sibirica conspecific; however, this has not been supported by primary studies ( Brongersma, 1940; Van Bree and Boeadi, 1978). Abramov (1999) and Kurose et al. (2000) considered itatsi and sibirica separate. Synonyms allocated according to Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951).