Martes melampus (Wagner, 1841) . In Schreber, Die Säugethiere., Suppl., 2:229.

TYPE LOCALITY: " Japan " .

DISTRIBUTION: Japan (Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, Tsushima, introduced on Sado Isl); Korea.

STATUS: IUCN - Indeterminate as M. m. tsuensis.

SYNONYMS: japonica Gray, 1865; melanopus Gray, 1865 .

COMMENTS: May be conspecific with americana, martes and zibellina (Anderson, 1970; Hagmeier, 1961). Heptner and Naumov (1967) included Japanese and Korean melampus in zibellina .