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--> FAMILY Mustelidae
--> SUBFAMILY Mustelinae
--> GENUS Martes
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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