Martes gwatkinsii Horsfield 1851

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 .