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/23832396Original 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/91929d08-0589-4432-8f70-628da8f36134Type locality
Madras, India.
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
India
IUCN Red List status
Vulnerable
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