A checklist of mammals of Kerala, India

<p>A checklist of mammals of Kerala State is presented in this paper. Accepted English names, scientific binomen, prevalent vernacular names in Malayalam, IUCN conservation status, endemism, Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act schedules, and the appendices in the CITES, pertaining to the mammals...

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Main Author: P. O. Nameer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2015-11-01
Series:Journal of Threatened Taxa
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Online Access:http://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/2000
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spelling doaj-95c3c712c61c4aefb93673a556b981882020-11-25T03:00:01ZengWildlife Information Liaison Development SocietyJournal of Threatened Taxa0974-78930974-79072015-11-017137971798210.11609/jott.2000.7.13.7961-79721811A checklist of mammals of Kerala, IndiaP. O. Nameer0Associate Professor (Wildlife) & Head Centre for Wildlife Studies, College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University KAU (PO), 680 656, Thrissur, Kerala, India.<p>A checklist of mammals of Kerala State is presented in this paper. Accepted English names, scientific binomen, prevalent vernacular names in Malayalam, IUCN conservation status, endemism, Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act schedules, and the appendices in the CITES, pertaining to the mammals of Kerala are also given. The State of Kerala has 118 species of mammals, 15 of which are endemic to Western Ghats, and 29 species fall under the various threatened categories of IUCN. </p><div> </div>http://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/2000CITESMalayalam namevernacular nameWestern GhatsIndian Wildlife (Protection) Act.
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A checklist of mammals of Kerala, India
Journal of Threatened Taxa
CITES
Malayalam name
vernacular name
Western Ghats
Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act.
author_facet P. O. Nameer
author_sort P. O. Nameer
title A checklist of mammals of Kerala, India
title_short A checklist of mammals of Kerala, India
title_full A checklist of mammals of Kerala, India
title_fullStr A checklist of mammals of Kerala, India
title_full_unstemmed A checklist of mammals of Kerala, India
title_sort checklist of mammals of kerala, india
publisher Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society
series Journal of Threatened Taxa
issn 0974-7893
0974-7907
publishDate 2015-11-01
description <p>A checklist of mammals of Kerala State is presented in this paper. Accepted English names, scientific binomen, prevalent vernacular names in Malayalam, IUCN conservation status, endemism, Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act schedules, and the appendices in the CITES, pertaining to the mammals of Kerala are also given. The State of Kerala has 118 species of mammals, 15 of which are endemic to Western Ghats, and 29 species fall under the various threatened categories of IUCN. </p><div> </div>
topic CITES
Malayalam name
vernacular name
Western Ghats
Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act.
url http://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/2000
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