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 Martes melampus Wagner 1840 Martes melampus Wagner 1840 , in: Schreber, Die Saugethiere, Suppl., Vol. 2: 229 . Type Locality: " Japan ." . Vernacular Names: Japanese Marten . Subspecies: : Subspecies Martes melampus subsp. melampus Wagner 1840 Subspecies Martes melampus subsp. coreensis Kuroda and Mori 1923 Subspecies Martes melampus subsp. tsuensis Thomas 1897 Distribution: Japan (Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, Tsushima, introduced on Sado and Hokkaido Isls); ^{North and South Korea} . Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable as M. m. tsuensis , otherwise Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: May be conspecific with americana , martes , and zibellina ( Anderson, 1970 ; Hagmeier, 1961 ). Heptner et al. (1967) included Japanese and Korean melampus in zibellina . Synonyms allocated according to Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) . Stone and Cook (2002) placed it in the subgenus Martes .