Cuon alpinus (Pallas, 1811) . Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat., 1:34.

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S. S. R., Amurskaya Obi., Udskii-Ostrog .

DISTRIBUTION: Java; Sumatra; Malaysia; montane forest areas of the Indian peninsula and N. Pakistan through Tibet; Indochina and China to Korea and Ussuri region (U.S. S.R.), and mountains of S. Siberia and N. Mongolia.

COMMENT: Reviewed by Cohen, 1978, Mamm. Species, 100:1- 3.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II and U.S. ESA - Endangered.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301412001006001001.