Martes foina (Erxleben, 1777) . Syst. Regni Anim., 1:458.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Europa inque Persia ", listed by Miller (19126) as " Germany."

DISTRIBUTION: From Spain to S and C Europe, through Caucasus Mtns, to the Altai (Russia, Kazakhstan), Mongolia, and Himalayas; adjacent China; islands of Corfu, Crete and Rhodes.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix III (India) as M. f. intermedia .

SYNONYMS: domestica Pinel, 1792; intermedia Severtzov, 1873; leucolachnaea Blanford, 1879; mediterranea Barrett-Hamilton, 1898; rosanowi Martino, 1917; toufoeus Wroughton, 1919 .