On the occurrence of Honey Badger Mellivora capensis (Mammalia: Carnivora: Mustelidae) in the northern Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India

The Honey Badger or Ratel is a monotypic species of the badger family Mustelidae ranging across Africa and Asia at low densities. There have been no records of their presence and distribution across the Eastern Ghats of India. The present note reports the first camera trap record of the Honey Badg...

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Main Authors:	Vikram Aditya, Yogesh Pasul, Ganesh Thyagarajan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2020-04-01
Series:	Journal of Threatened Taxa
Subjects:	camera traps mustelidae new record ratel
Online Access:	https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/5162

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spelling	doaj-369b9c0c2f7c446b801f51060974d2162020-11-25T02:01:15ZengWildlife Information Liaison Development SocietyJournal of Threatened Taxa0974-78930974-79072020-04-01125156611566310.11609/jott.5162.12.5.15661-156635162On the occurrence of Honey Badger Mellivora capensis (Mammalia: Carnivora: Mustelidae) in the northern Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, IndiaVikram Aditya0Yogesh Pasul1Ganesh Thyagarajan2Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Srirampura, Jakkur, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560064, India.Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Srirampura, Jakkur, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560064, India.Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Srirampura, Jakkur, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560064, India.The Honey Badger or Ratel is a monotypic species of the badger family Mustelidae ranging across Africa and Asia at low densities. There have been no records of their presence and distribution across the Eastern Ghats of India. The present note reports the first camera trap record of the Honey Badger Mellivora capensis Schreber, 1776 from the reserved forests of the northern Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India.https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/5162camera trapsmustelidaenew recordratel
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title	On the occurrence of Honey Badger Mellivora capensis (Mammalia: Carnivora: Mustelidae) in the northern Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
title_short	On the occurrence of Honey Badger Mellivora capensis (Mammalia: Carnivora: Mustelidae) in the northern Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
title_full	On the occurrence of Honey Badger Mellivora capensis (Mammalia: Carnivora: Mustelidae) in the northern Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
title_fullStr	On the occurrence of Honey Badger Mellivora capensis (Mammalia: Carnivora: Mustelidae) in the northern Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
title_full_unstemmed	On the occurrence of Honey Badger Mellivora capensis (Mammalia: Carnivora: Mustelidae) in the northern Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
title_sort	on the occurrence of honey badger mellivora capensis (mammalia: carnivora: mustelidae) in the northern eastern ghats of andhra pradesh, india
publisher	Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society
series	Journal of Threatened Taxa
issn	0974-7893 0974-7907
publishDate	2020-04-01
description	The Honey Badger or Ratel is a monotypic species of the badger family Mustelidae ranging across Africa and Asia at low densities. There have been no records of their presence and distribution across the Eastern Ghats of India. The present note reports the first camera trap record of the Honey Badger Mellivora capensis Schreber, 1776 from the reserved forests of the northern Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India.
topic	camera traps mustelidae new record ratel
url	https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/5162
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On the occurrence of Honey Badger Mellivora capensis (Mammalia: Carnivora: Mustelidae) in the northern Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India

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