Mustela eversmanni Lesson, 1827 . Manuel Mamm., p. 144.

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S. S. R., Orenburgsk. ObL, S. of Orenburg, mouth of Khobda River, a tributary of Ilek River .

DISTRIBUTION: Steppes and subdeserts of E. Europe, U.S. S. R.; Mongolia; W., C. and N. E. China.

COMMENT: Possible ancestor of the domestic ferret, furo; see Corbet, 1978:171; Corbet and Hill, 1980:96. See Stroganov, 1962, [Mamm. Siberia], 2, [Carnivores], p. 335, for discussion of type locality.