Martes gwatkinsii Horsfield 1851

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 609

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scientific name	Martes gwatkinsii Horsfield 1851
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Martes gwatkinsii Horsfield 1851 , Cat. Mamm. Mus. E. India Co.: 90.

Type Locality: "Madras" [ India].

Vernacular Names: Nilgiri Marten.

Distribution: S India.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix III ( India); IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Included in Martes flavigula by Corbet (1978), Honacki et al. (1982), and Corbet and Hill (1992); however, separated by Bonhote (1901 b), Pocock (1936 a, 1941 a), Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951), Anderson (1970) and Rozhnov (1995). Pocock (1936 a) placed gwatkinsii and flavigula in the genus Lamprogale .