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SPECIES Mustela sibirica
Author: | Pallas, 1773. | Citation: | Reise Prov. Russ. Reichs., 2: 701. | Common Name: | Siberian Weasel | Type Locality: | "Sibiriae montanis, sylvis densissimis", restricted by Pocock (1941a) to "Vorposten Tigerazkoi, near Usstkomengorsk, W. Altai," based on Pallas (1773:570) [U.S.S.R., E. Kazakhstan, vic. of Ust-Kamenogorsk, Tigeretskoie (Honacki et al., 1982)]. | Distribution: | N Burma, China, Japan (Hokkaido, introduced to Honshu), North Korea, South Korea, Pakistan, Russia (From Kirov Prov., Tataria and W Ural Mtns throughout Siberia to Far East), Taiwan, N Thailand. | Status: | CITES – Appendix III (India); IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Youngman (1982) placed sibirica in the subgenus Lutreola, Abramov (1999) placed it in the subgenus Kolonokus. Ognev (1935) considered altaica and sibirica closely related. Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) implied, and Heptner et al. (1967), Corbet (1978), and Lekagul and McNeely (1988) believed lutreolina and sibirica conspecific; however, this has not been supported by primary studies (Brongersma, 1940; Van Bree and Boeadi, 1978). Abramov (1999) and Kurose et al. (2000) considered itatsi and sibirica separate. Synonyms allocated according to Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951). |
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