Nilgiri marten: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Nilgiri marten Martes gwatkinsii Vulnerable

Where the Nilgiri marten lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 42 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See weasels, otters, badgers & skunks on the world map

Scientific name	Martes gwatkinsii
Group	Weasels, otters, badgers & skunks
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Carnivora
Family	Mustelidae

Where does the Nilgiri marten live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Nilgiri marten in 1 country or territory across Asia.

India

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Nilgiri marten endangered?

The Nilgiri marten’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Nilgiri marten?

The Nilgiri marten (Martes gwatkinsii) is a mammal in the order Carnivora and the family Mustelidae, genus Martes. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Nilgiri marten

The Nilgiri marten (Martes gwatkinsii) is the only marten species native to southern India. It lives in the hills of the Nilgiris and parts of the Western Ghats. With only around a thousand members left it is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Nilgiri marten (revision 1379852334), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q602823 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).