Martes zibellina

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Sable

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Arctoidea
Superfamily : Musteloidea
Family : Mustelidae
Subfamily : Guloninae
Genus : Martes

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033857

Original name as described

Mustela zibellina

Type locality

Russia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia · China · Mongolia · North Korea · Japan

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005824

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Martes zibellina linkouensis

Ma Yiqing & Wu Jiayan, 1981

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

linkouensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NECF 002

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

191, 196

Authority publication

Acta Zoologica Sinica

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Mustela brachyura

(Temminck, 1844)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

brachyura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.39200

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39200

Authority page

33

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53607617

Authority publication

Leiden

Mustela zibellina camtschadalica

(Birula, 1919)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

camtschadalica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN O. 14697, ZIN S. 19529

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

82

Authority publication

Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Leningrad

Mustela zibellina princeps

(Birula, 1922)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

princeps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN O. 32798, ZIN S. 27888

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8482420

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie des Sciences de Russie

Martes zibellina yeniseensis

Ognev, 1925

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

yeniseensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN O. 5375, ZIN S. 27334

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

277

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Ognëv (1925:277) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14659)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Martes zibellina sahalinensis

Ognev, 1925

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

sahalinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN O. 9693, ZIN S. 75670

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

279

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Ognëv (1925:279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14659)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Martes zibellina sahalinensis natio arsenjevi

Kuznetsov, 1941

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

arsenjevi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

infrasubspecific

Type

ZIN O. 9696, ZIN S. 27889

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

122

Authority publication

Труды Московского зоотехнического института

Martes zibellina tungussensis

Kuznetsov, 1941

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

tungussensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN O. 9698, ZIN S. 75671

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

116

Authority publication

Труды Московского зоотехнического института

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Martes zibellina sajanensis

Ognev, 1925

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

sajanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN O. 9705, ZIN S. 19954

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

278

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Ognëv (1925:278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14659)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Martes zibellina altaica

Jurgenson, 1947

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

altaica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

ZMMU S-26012

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-26012

Authority page

179

Authority publication

Труды Печоро-Ылычского гос. заповедника

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Martes zibellina jurgensoni

Rossolimo & Pavlinov in Pavlinov & Rossolimo, 1987

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

jurgensoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

ZMMU S-26012

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-26012

Authority page

63

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Martes zibellina hangiengensis

Kishida, 1930

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

hangiengensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

372

Authority publication

Zoological Magazine, Tokyo

Martes zibellina hangiengensis

Kishida & Mori, 1931

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

hangiengensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

380

Authority publication

Zoological Magazine, Tokyo

Martes Zibelina

C. H. Smith, 1842

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

zibelina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

187

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Smith (1842:187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)

Martes brachyura

J. E. Gray, 1865

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

brachyura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

105

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497036

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Gray (1865:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497036) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18241)

Martes zibellina tungusensis

Bobrinski in Bobrinski, Kuznetsov, & Kuzyakin, 1944

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

tungusensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

120

Authority publication

Moscow

Martes zibellina brachyura

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

brachyura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Martes zibellina kamtschadalica

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

kamtschadalica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

610

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005:610) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Martes zibellina princeps

Ognev, 1925

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

princeps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

278

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Ognëv (1925:278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14659)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  3. Smith & Xie (2008:439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Martes zibellina camtschadalica

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

camtschadalica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

439

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Martes zibellina kamtshadalica

Ognev, 1925

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

kamtshadalica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

279

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Ognëv (1925:279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14659)

Mustela zibellina

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

zibellina

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

46

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033857

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:467, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Cuvier (1797:116, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  3. Daudin (1802:163, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  4. Fischer (1814:xi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130072) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  5. Illiger (1815:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  6. Godman (1826:208, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49165506) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67289)
  7. Lesson (1827:148, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207616) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  8. Lesson (1842:68) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  9. Gray (1865:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497036) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18241)

Mustela zibelina

(de Lacépède, 1799)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

zibelina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

8

Authority publication

Paris

Mustela zibellina var. alba

(J. F. von Brandt, 1855)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

alba

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29014308

Authority publication

Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Mustela zibellina var. asiatica

(J. F. von Brandt, 1855)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

asiatica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

23

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29014299

Authority publication

Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Mustela zibellina var. ochracea seu ferruginea

(J. F. von Brandt, 1855)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

ferruginea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29014308

Authority publication

Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg

Mustela zibellina var. ferruginea

(J. F. von Brandt, 1855)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

ferruginea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29014308

Authority publication

Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg

Mustela zibellina var. fusco-flavescens

(J. F. von Brandt, 1855)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

fuscoflavescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29014308

Authority publication

Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Mustela zibellina var. maculata

(J. F. von Brandt, 1855)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

maculata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29014308

Authority publication

Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Mustela zibellina var. ochracea

(J. F. von Brandt, 1855)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

ochracea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29014308

Authority publication

Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Mustela zibellina var. asiatica rupestris

(J. F. von Brandt, 1855)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

rupestris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

varietyorform

Authority page

pl. 2 (fig. 2)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29014267

Authority publication

Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Mustela zibellina var. asiatica sylvestris

(J. F. von Brandt, 1855)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

sylvestris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

varietyorform · preoccupied

Authority page

pl. 2 (fig. 3)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29014267

Authority publication

Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Mustela zibellina var. amurensis

(B. I. Dybowski, 1922)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

amurensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

349

Authority publication

Arch. Tow. Nauk. Lwow

Mustela zibellina var. baicalensis

(B. I. Dybowski, 1922)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

baicalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

349

Authority publication

Arch. Tow. Nauk. Lwow

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Mustela zibellina var. kamtschatica

(B. I. Dybowski, 1922)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

kamtschatica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

349

Authority publication

Arch. Tow. Nauk. Lwow

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Martes zibellina

E. Blyth, 1863

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

zibellina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

66

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534694

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1863:66, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534694) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  2. Ognëv (1925:276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14659)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:260) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  6. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:493) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  7. Smith & Xie (2008:439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:632) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41652) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41652) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005824) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41652/45213477) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Martes zibellina zibellina

Ognev, 1925

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

zibellina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

276

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Ognëv (1925:276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14659)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Martes zibellina coreensis

Kishida, 1927

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

coreensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

130

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Martes zibellina hamgyenensis

Kishida, 1927

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

hamgyenensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

509

Authority publication

Zoological Magazine, Tokyo

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Martes (Martes) zibellina altaica

Kuznetsov, 1941

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

altaica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

113

Authority publication

Труды Московского зоотехнического института

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Martes (Martes) zibellina jakutensis

Kuznetsov, 1941

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

jakutensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

113

Authority publication

Труды Московского зоотехнического института

Martes zibellina schantaricus

Kuznetsov, 1941

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

schantaricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

122

Authority publication

Труды Московского зоотехнического института

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Martes zibellina averini

Bazhanov, 1943

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

averini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

53

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Kazakhstan Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R.

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Martes zibellina arsenjevi

Kuznetsov in Bobrinski, Kuznetsov, & Kuzyakin, 1944

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

arsenjevi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

120

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Martes zibellina schantaricus

Kuznetsov in Bobrinski, Kuznetsov, & Kuzyakin, 1944

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

schantarica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

120

Authority publication

Moscow

Martes zibellina angarensis

Timofeyev & Nadeev, 1955

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

angarensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

41

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Martes zibellina ilimpiensis

Timofeyev & Nadeev, 1955

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

ilimpiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

44

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Martes zibellina obscura

Timofeyev & Nadeev, 1955

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

obscura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

47

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Martes zibellina tomensis

Timofeyev & Nadeev, 1955

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

tomensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

37

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Martes zibellina vitimensis

Timofeyev & Nadeev, 1955

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

vitimensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

47

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Martes (Martes) zibellina jakutensis

G. A. Novikov, 1956

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

jakutensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

185

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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