Mustela itatsi

Temminck, 1843

Japanese 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

Temminck, C.J. 1843. Aflevering 1. Pp. 1–24 in Temminck, C.J. 1844. Fauna Japonica. Aperçu général et spécifique sur les mammifères qui habitent le Japon et les îles qui en dépendent. A. Arnz & Co., Leiden, 59 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53607720

Original name as described

Mustela natsi

Type material

RMNH.MAM.39207.a, RMNH.MAM.39207.b, RMNH.MAM.39208.a, RMNH.MAM.39208.b, SMF 202

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39207.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39207.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39208.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39208.b

Type locality

Japan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Japan · Russia

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005868

Country distribution map

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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 natsi

Temminck, 1843

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

itatsi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

as_emended

Type

RMNH.MAM.39207.a, RMNH.MAM.39207.b, RMNH.MAM.39208.a, RMNH.MAM.39208.b, SMF 202

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39207.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39207.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39208.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39208.b

Authority page

pl. 7 (figs. 1-2)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53607720

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

  1. Temminck (1843:pl. 7 (figs. 1-2), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53607720) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38350)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Mustela itatsi

Temminck, 1844

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

itatsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

justified_emendation

Authority page

34

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53607618

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

  1. Stroganov (1962:306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69465)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:651) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41656) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41656) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005868) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41656/45214163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Putorius itatsi

(O. Thomas, 1906)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

itatsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

343

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31888076

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1906:343, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31888076) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14049)
  2. Thomas (1908:53, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31209554) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13984)

Lutreola itatsi

(Kuroda, 1924)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

itatsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

10

Authority publication

Tokyo

Name usages

Kuroda (1924:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69289)

Lutreola itatsi itatsi

(Kuroda, 1924)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

itatsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

10

Authority publication

Tokyo

Name usages

Kuroda (1924:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69289)

Lutreola itatsi sho

(Kuroda, 1924)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

sho

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Kuroda collection 563

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

10

Authority publication

Tokyo

Name usages

  1. Kuroda (1924:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69289)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Mustela sibirica asaii

Kuroda, 1943

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

asaii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Kuroda collection 2108

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

55

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan

Name usages

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

Mustela sibirica itatsi

O'Brien, Menninger, & W. G. Nash, 2006

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

itatsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

488

Authority publication

Hoboken

Name usages

O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:488) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

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