This article was originally published on Critter Science.

The Nilgiri marten can only be found in southern India. They like evergreen forests, montane forests, grassland mosaics, acacia, coffee, tea, cardamom, and wattle plantations. They are skilled hunters that are beneficial to rodent population control. Sadly, due to hunting, trapping, habitat destruction, human interference, and vehicle strike (being hit […]

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