Mustela kathiah

Hodgson, 1835

Yellow-bellied 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

Hodgson, B.H. 1835. Description of the little Musteline animal, denominated Káthiah Nyúl in the Catalogue of the Nepálese Mammalia. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (2)4:702-704.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37189995

Original name as described

Mustela (Putorius) kathiah

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.12.14

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c2e52688-9188-427c-95ec-1718a307be25

Type locality

Nepal.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

Nepal · Bhutan · India · Myanmar · Thailand · Vietnam · China

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005869

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 (Putorius) kathiah

Hodgson, 1835

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

kathiah

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.12.14

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c2e52688-9188-427c-95ec-1718a307be25

Authority page

702

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37189995

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1863:69, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534697) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  5. Smith & Xie (2008:445) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:651) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005869) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41655/45214014) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mustela auriventer

Hodgson, 1837

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

auriventris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.12.14

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c2e52688-9188-427c-95ec-1718a307be25

Authority page

563

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40077540

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

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

Arctogale tsaidamensis

(Hilzheimer, 1910)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

tsaidamensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

309

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9741750

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

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

Gymnopus kathiah

(J. E. Gray, 1865)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

kathiah

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

119

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497050

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Gray (1865:119, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497050) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18241)

Mustela kathiah kathiah

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

kathiah

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 (2008:445) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Mustela altaica tsaidamensis

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

tsaidamensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

444

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Mustela Cathia

Hodgson, 1837

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

cathia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

563

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40077540

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Mustela Kathia

Hodgson, 1842

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

kathia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

280

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40000003

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Putorius dorsalis

(Trouessart, 1895)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

dorsalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

235

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

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

Arctogale melli

(Matschie, 1922)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

melli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

17

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13203374

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

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

Mustela kathiah caporiaccoi

De Beaux, 1935

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

caporiaccoi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

65

Authority publication

Atti della Societa Ligure di Scienze e Lettere

Name usages

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

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