Order Carnivora Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 532 628 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Mustela altaica Pallas 1811 Mustela altaica Pallas 1811 , Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, Part I: 98 . Type Locality: "qui alpes altaicas adibunt" [ Altai Mtns]. Vernacular Names: Mountain Weasel . Subspecies: : Subspecies Mustela altaica subsp. altaica Pallas 1811 Subspecies Mustela altaica subsp. birulai Ognev 1928 Subspecies Mustela altaica subsp. raddei Ognev 1928 Subspecies Mustela altaica subsp. temon Hodgson 1857 Distribution: W and N China , Kashmir, E Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Mongolia , North Korea (?), Russia (S and SE Siberia, Primorski Krai ), Sikkim, Tajikistan . Conservation: CITES – Appendix III ( India ); IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Youngman (1982) placed altaica in the subgenus Mustela ; however, Ognev (1935) considered sibirica and altaica closely related. Abramov (1999) placed it in the subgenus Gale . Synonyms allocated according to Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) .