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SPECIES Martes melampus

Author:Wagner, 1840.
Citation:In Schreber, Die Säugethiere. Suppl., 2: 229.
Common Name:Japanese Marten
Type Locality:"Japan."
Distribution:Japan (Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, Tsushima, introduced on Sado and Hokkaido Isls); North and South Korea.
Status:IUCN – Vulnerable as M. m. tsuensis, otherwise Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:May be conspecific with americana, martes, and zibellina (Anderson, 1970; Hagmeier, 1961). Heptner et al. (1967) included Japanese and Korean melampus in zibellina. Synonyms allocated according to Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951). Stone and Cook (2002) placed it in the subgenus Martes.
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SUBSPECIES melampus

SUBSPECIES coreensis

SUBSPECIES tsuensis

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