A checklist of mammals of Tamil Nadu, India

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Published: Jun 26, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.4705.11.8.13992-14009
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CITES, Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, Tamil name, vernacular name, Western Ghats

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Manokaran Kamalakannan
Mammal & Osteology section, Zoological Survey of India, M- Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal 700053, India.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4440-0041
Paingamadathil Ommer Nameer
Centre for Wildlife Studies, College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, Kerala 680656, India.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7110-6740

Abstract

A checklist of mammals of Tamil Nadu State is presented in this paper. Accepted English names, scientific binomen, prevalent vernacular names in Tamil, IUCN conservation status, Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act schedules, the appendices in the CITES, endemism, the distribution of species in India, the Western Ghats & plains of Tamil Nadu, and the complete bibliography pertaining to the 132 species of mammals of Tamil Nadu are given.

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Vol. 11 No. 8 (2019)
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