Mustela altaica Pallas, 1811

Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, Zootaxa 4522 (1), pp. 1-216 : 79

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Mustela altaica Pallas, 1811 View in CoL View at ENA —Mountain Weasel

Mustela altaica Pallas, 1811 p.98 View in CoL ; Type locality- Altai mountain; Heptner et al., 1967 p.1042; Nowak, 1999 p.705; Han, 1994 p.46; Won & Smith, 1999 p.19.

Kolonocus alpinus raddei: Ognev, 1931 p.734 View in CoL (p. 554 in English translated edition).

M. altaica raddei: Corbet, 1978 p.169 View in CoL (probably Manchuria and Korea).

Range: Despite no collection of specimens from Korea, it is highly conceivable that M. altaica inhabits at least extreme northeastern Korea based on collections of the species at the border between China, Russia, and North Korea ( Won & Smith 1999). The most likely location for the presence of M. altaica in Korea would be Hamgyeongbuk Province, nearby to collection sites of the species in China and Russia ( Fig. 50 View FIGURE 50 ). Although the IUCN distribution map of M. altaica includes the Korean Peninsula, Abramov et al. (2008) regarded that the inclusion of North Korea within the geographic range as needing confirmation.

Remarks: Since Ognev (1928) suggested the occurrence of M. altaica in Korea, this species gained a place on the list of mammals of Korea. The quasi absence of mammalian faunal surveys in North Korea together with the confusion of M. altaica with M. sibirica , have hampered the assessment of the distribution of the species in Korea.

Conservation status: Not considered at risk by Korean institutions.

References

Abramov, A., Wozencraft, C. & Wang, Y. - X. (2008) Mustela altaica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008. Available from: http: // www. iucnredlist. org / (accessed 18 November 2015)

Corbet, G. B. (1978) The mammals of the Palaearctic region: a taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp.

Han, S. H. (1994) The checklist of Mammals in North Korea. Nature Conservation, 86, 44 - 50. [in Korean]

Heptner, V. G., Naumov, N. P., Uurgenson, P. B., Sludskii, A. A., Chirokova, A. F. & Bannikov, A. G. (1967) Mammals of the Soviet Union. Fol II. Part 1 b. Carnivora (weasels; additonal spceies). Amerind Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 832 pp. [Translated from the Russian by Botros, B. A. M., Tantanwi, H., Youssef, H. I. & Moussa A. A. M.]

Nowak, R. M. (1999) Walker's Mammals of the World. 6 th Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2015 pp.

Ognev, S. I. (1928) Mammals of Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. Fol. II. Carnivora, Moscow, 606 pp. [English Translation: Jerusalem, 1962]

Ognev, S. I. (1931) Mammals of Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. II. Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation, Washington D. C., 516 pp.

Pallas, P. S. (1811 [1831]) Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium Animalium in extensor Imperio Rossico et adjacentibus maribus observatorum recensionem, domicillia, mores et descriptions, anatomen atque icons plurimorum. 3. Fol. 1. Academiae Scientiarum, St. Petersburg, 568 pp. [in Latin]

Won, C. M. & Smith, K. G. (1999) History and current status of mammals of the Korean Peninsula. Mammal Review, 29, 3 - 33. https: // doi. org / 10.1046 / j. 1365 - 2907.1999.00034. x