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Mustelids, Viverrids and Herpestids of India: Species Profile and Conservation Status

- S.A. Hussain

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Acknowledgements

I appreciate the comments provided to me by my colleagues Ruchi, Shomita, Praveen, Debi Prasad, Jayapal, Azra and Suresh on the manuscript. I thank Dr. Navneet Gupta for making the maps in GIS domain and Mr. Virendra Sharma for his help in DTP.