Martes gwatkinsii

Horsfield, 1851

Nilgiri Marten

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Arctoidea
Superfamily : Musteloidea
Family : Mustelidae
Subfamily : Guloninae
Genus : Martes

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Horsfield, T. 1851. A Catalogue of the Mammalia in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company. J. & H. Cox, London, 212 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832396

Original name as described

Martes gwatkinsii

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.621

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/91929d08-0589-4432-8f70-628da8f36134

Type locality

Madras, India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005821

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Martes gwatkinsii

Horsfield, 1851

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

gwatkinsii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.621

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/91929d08-0589-4432-8f70-628da8f36134

Authority page

99

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832396

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:630) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12847) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12847) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005821) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12847/86161239) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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