The rarely spotted Nilgiri marten (Martes gwatkinsii), listed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as “vulnerable,” was spotted in Udhagamandalam town recently.
Native to regions of the Western Ghats in Southern India, researchers and wildlife biologists, attempting to study the species to ensure its long-term survival believe that its population, believed to be around 1,000 individuals, might be recovering in certain areas and expanding from protected forests into areas having a high interface between wildlife and people.
