On a taxonomic position of the weasel (Carnivora, Mustela) from the Cheju Island (South Korea)

Abramov A.V.

P. 109-113

The weasel from Cheju Island (formerly — Quelpart Island), which is situated in Korean Strait south of the coast of South Korea, was described as a separate species Lutreola quelpartis Thomas, 1908. The type specimens of Lutreola quelpartis were re-examined and compared with the Japanese weasel Mustela itatsi and the Siberian weasel Mustela sibirica from Korea, Japan, Siberia and China. The analysis of cranial and external characters has revealed that L. quelpartis is to be treated as a subspecies of Mustela sibirica.DOI: 10.15298/rusjtheriol.4.2.03

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