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/53607720Original 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.bType locality
Japan.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Japan · Russia
IUCN Red List status
Near Threatened
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