{"id":46176,"date":"2025-08-06T11:50:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T06:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=46176"},"modified":"2025-08-06T12:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T06:47:08","slug":"nilgiri-tahr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/nilgiri-tahr\/","title":{"rendered":"Nilgiri Tahr"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Nilgiri Tahrs Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a joint census in Kerala and Tamil Nadu has reported a population of 2,668 Nilgiri tahrs. \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Nilgiri Tahrs<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Nilgiri Tahr is a <\/span><b>mountain ungulate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> endemic to the <\/span><b>southern part of the Western Ghats.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also known by the name Nilgiri Ibex or simply Ibex. Locally the animal is called \u2018Varayaadu\u2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the only mountain ungulate in southern India.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Features of Nilgiri Tahr<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are stocky goats with short, coarse fur and a bristly mane.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>males are found to be larger than the females<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and have a darker color when mature.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both sexes have curved horns, which are larger in the males.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are <\/span><b>facial markings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, particularly distinct in mature males.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Habitat and Distribution of Nilgiri Tahr<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is found in a roughly 400 km stretch in the Western Ghats, which falls in the states of <\/span><b>Kerala and Tamil Nadu.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These tahrs inhabit the <\/span><b>open montane grassland habitat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the southwestern ghats montane rain forests ecoregion.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At elevations <\/span><b>ranging from 1200 to 2600 m<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the jungle opens into grasslands interspersed with pockets of stunted forests, known as \u2018sholas.\u2019<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Eravikulam National Park<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Kerala) has <\/span><b>the highest density <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and largest surviving population of Nilgiri tahr.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Conservation Status Nilgiri Tahr<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>IUCN Red List:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Endangered\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Wildlife (Protection) Act of India, 1972<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Schedule I<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/kerala\/survey-finds-1365-nilgiri-tahrs-in-kerala\/article69897466.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>TH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nilgiri Tahr is an endangered mountain ungulate endemic to the southern part of the Western Ghats. 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