Martes flavigula (Boddaert, 1785) —Yellow-throated Marten

Mustela flavigula Boddaert, 1785 p.88; Type locality- Nepal.

Ƒiverra aterrima Pallas, 1811 p.81; Type locality- Between Ussuri River and Amur River, East Siberia .

Charronia flavigula koreana Mori, 1922a p.610; Type locality- Gwangneung (near Seoul); Kishida & Mori, 1931 p.380; Kuroda, 1938 p.26; Tate, 1947 p.147; Won, 1958 p.438; Won, 1967 p.106.

C. flavigula borealis: Kishida & Mori, 1931 p.380; Kuroda, 1938 p.26.

Martes flavigula: Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.249; Won, 1968 p.295; Corbet, 1978 p.174; Han, 1994 p.46; Won & Smith, 1999 p.18; Oh, 2004a p.178.

Martes flavigula aterrima: Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.250; Yoon, 1992 p.108.

C. flavigula aterrima: Won, 1958 p.437; Won, 1967 p.104

Martes flavigula koreana: Won, 1968 p.295; Yoon, 1992 p.108; Oh, 2004a p.179.

Martes flavigula flavigula: Corbet, 1978 p.174 .

Range: The distribution of Martes flavigula ranges over the Korean Peninsula, except on remote islands (Fig. 43).

Remarks: Two subspecies, M. f. koreana and M. f. aterrima, were recognized in Korea (Won 1967). The distribution of M. f. koreana covers most of Korea, whereas, M. f. aterrima occupies northern Korea (Won 1967). Wozencraft (2005) subsumed M. f. koreana as a synonym of M. f. borealis . Although M. f. borealis was regarded as a junior synonym of M. f. aterrima (Heptner et al. 1967), Wozencraft (2005) listed M. f. borealis as a distinct subspecies. Thus, the one subspecies inhabiting Korea is M. f. borealis .

Conservation status: The Ministry of Environment of South Korea designated the yellow-throated marten as an endangered species in 1997. The Red Data Book of North Korea listed M. flavigula as ‘Rare’ (MAB National Committee of DPR Korea 2002). The Red Data Book of South Korea registered M. flavigula as ‘Vulnerable’ (NIBR 2012).