Range extension of the Melogale personata I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1831 (Mustelidae) in Nepal

By

Bhatta, Sijar
Khadka, Dipak
Pokharel, Gobinda Prasad
Kafle, Komal Raj
Dhamala, Man Kumar
Khawas, Badri Bahadur
Sapkota, Ramesh Prasad
Belant, Jerrold L.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021-11-2

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

17

Series / Issue

Issue: 6

Pages

1451--1454

Subjects

Distribution , first record , mammalian carnivore

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/17.6.1451

 

Abstract

Melogale personata I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1831, Large-toothed Ferret Badger (Mustelidae), is distributed from Nepal to Vietnam with very few records. It historically is known by only one recent sighting record from an unspeci-fied area of Nepal. The IUCN species distribution map shows this species in the Okhaldhunga District. We confirm the presence of M. personata in Nepal based on a sighting of a juvenile individual. This is the first record of this species from Syangja District, Nepal. The geographical range of this species is extended farther west in Nepal.