Martes zibellina (Linnaeus 1758)

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Martes zibellina (Linnaeus 1758)

[Zibellina] zibellina Linnaeus 1758 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 46.

Type Locality: "asia septentrionali," restricted by Thomas (1911 a) to "N. Asia." Restricted by Ognev (1931:562) to "Tobol'skaya gub. v ee severnoi chasti" ["northern part of Tobol'sk Province" (1962 translation)] [ Russia] .

Vernacular Names: Sable.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Martes zibellina subsp. zibellina Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Martes zibellina subsp. angarensis Timofeev and Nadeev 1955

Subspecies Martes zibellina subsp. arsenjevi Kuznetsov 1944

Subspecies Martes zibellina subsp. averini Bashanov 1943

Subspecies Martes zibellina subsp. brachyura Temminck 1844

Subspecies Martes zibellina subsp. ilimpiensis Timofeev and Nadeev 1955

Subspecies Martes zibellina subsp. jakutensis Novikov 1956

Subspecies Martes zibellina subsp. kamtschadalica Birula 1919

Subspecies Martes zibellina subsp. obscura Timofeev and Nadeev 1955

Subspecies Martes zibellina subsp. princeps Birula 1922

Subspecies Martes zibellina subsp. sahalinensis Ognev 1925

Subspecies Martes zibellina subsp. sajanensis Ognev 1925

Subspecies Martes zibellina subsp. schantaricus Kuznetsov 1941

Subspecies Martes zibellina subsp. tomensis Timofeev and Nadeev 1955

Subspecies Martes zibellina subsp. tungussensis Kuznetsov 1944

Subspecies Martes zibellina subsp. yeniseensis Ognev 1925

Distribution: China (Xinjiang to NE), Japan (Hokkaido); Mongolia, North Korea, Russia (Ural Mtns to Siberia, Kamchatka, Sakhalin).

Conservation: IUCN – Data Deficient as M. z. brachyura , otherwise Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed by Pavlinin (1966). May be conspecific with americana , martes , and melampus ( Anderson, 1970; Hagmeier, 1961). Heptner et al. (1967) included Japanese and Korean melampus in zibellina . Synonyms allocated according to Heptner et al. (1967). Stone and Cook (2002) placed it in the subgenus Martes .