Mustela eversmanii Lesson, 1827 —Steppe Polecat

Mustela eversmanni Lesson, 1827 p.144; Type locality- Orenburg Oblast, Russia; Kim et al., 2015 p.162.

Range: Only one individual was caught at Mt. Daeseon, Pyongyang in 1996 (Kim et al. 2015; Fig. 48). Since Pyongyang is a capital city of North Korea and far from general distribution of M. eversmanii, it’s uncertain whether the population is indigenous or feral. Additional collections in the geographic range of this semiarid habitat dweller are needed to determine the distribution on the Korean Peninsula.

Conservation status: North Korean red data book listed and assessed steppe polecat as data deficient in 2016.