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--> ORDER CARNIVORA
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--> FAMILY Mustelidae
--> SUBFAMILY Mustelinae
--> GENUS Mustela
SPECIES Mustela altaica
| Author: | Pallas, 1811. | | Citation: | Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat., I: 98. | | Common Name: | Mountain Weasel | | Type Locality: | "qui alpes altaicas adibunt" [Altai Mtns]. | | Distribution: | W and N China, Kashmir, E Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, North Korea (?), Russia (S and SE Siberia, Primorski Krai), Sikkim, Tajikistan. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix III (India); IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Youngman (1982) placed altaica in the subgenus Mustela; however, Ognev (1935) considered sibirica and altaica closely related. Abramov (1999) placed it in the subgenus Gale. Synonyms allocated according to Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951). |
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