Mustela altaica

Pallas, 1811

Altai Mountain Weasel

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pallas, P.S. 1811. Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica. Volumen Primum. In officina Caes. Academiae Scientiarum impress., Saint Petersburg, 568 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29114031

Original name as described

Mustela altaica

Other common names

Mountain Weasel · Pale Weasel · Altai Weasel

Type locality

Altai Mountains, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia · Mongolia · China · Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan · Tajikistan · India · Nepal · Afghanistan? · North Korea?

Taxonomy notes

likely includes two subspecies; altaica and temon

Taxonomy notes citation

Abramov, A. V., & Puzachenko, A. Y. (2021). Cranial variation in the Altai weasel Mustela altaica (Carnivora: Mustelidae) and its possible taxonomic implications. Journal of Mammalogy.

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005862

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. 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.

Mustela temon

Hodgson, 1857

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

temon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1858.6.24.115

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/332c1a1b-3c6d-4f28-ac86-0a03bf93f225

Authority page

207

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40262867

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Mustela longstaffi

Wroughton, 1911

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

longstaffi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1910.12.2.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1d3f0b5e-953b-424a-bd31-403c60d9a6b6

Authority page

931

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30167184

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Mustela sacana

O. Thomas, 1914

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

sacana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1914.5.10.64

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cdcc3dd7-e71a-4257-86c3-2b8505b7e66f

Authority page

566

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18641325

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Putorius astutus

(A. Milne-Edwards in A. David, 1871)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

astuta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1870-49

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1870-49

Authority page

92

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13954607

Authority publication

Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

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

Kolonocus alpinus birulai

(Ognev, 1928)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

birulai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN O. 9848, ZIN S. 10142

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

10

Authority publication

Mem. Sect. Zool. Amis. Sci. Nat. Moscou

Kolonocus alpinus raddei

(Ognev, 1928)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

raddei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN O. 9854, ZIN S. 3416

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

9

Authority publication

Mem. Sect. Zool. Amis. Sci. Nat. Moscou

Mustela alpina

Lesson, 1827

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

alpina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

144

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207612

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:144, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207612) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Smith (1842:184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  3. Gray (1865:114, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497045) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18241)

Mustela altaica altaica

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

altaica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Mustela altaica birulai

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

birulai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Mustela altaica raddei

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

raddei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Mustela altaica temon

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

temon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Mustela altaica

Pallas, 1811

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

altaica

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

98

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29114031

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:146, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207614) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:95) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  5. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:486) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  6. Smith & Xie (2008:443) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:649) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41653) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41653) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005862) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41653/45213647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Putorius alpinus

(Gebler, 1823)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

alpina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

212

Authority publication

Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou

Name usages

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

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