Martes flavigula (Boddaert, 1785) . Elench. Anim., 1:88.

TYPE LOCALITY: Nepal .

DISTRIBUTION: Primorsky Krai (U.S. S. R.); Korea; China, west along Himalayan foothills to N. W. Pakistan; isolates in S. India, S. E. Asia, Taiwan, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo.

COMMENT: Includes gwatkinsi; see Corbet, 1978:174; but also see Anderson, 1970, Acta Zool. Fenn., 130:108, who considered gwatkinsi a distinct species.

PROTECTED STATUS: U.S. ESA - Endangered as M. f. chrysospila subspecies only.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301412004006002001 as M. flavigula .

5301412004006004001 as M. gwatkinsi .