Nilgiri Tahr - Endangered Species
As per my previous post of "Bengal Slow Loris", It is a name of species in India that common people even don't know. So that that, I turn to our safari for those rarest and endangered species that people hardly known their excitant on the Earth. Today, we talk about "Nilgiri Tahr". Introduction Part The Nilgiri Tahr ( Nilgiritragus hylocrius ) is also known locally as the Nilgiri Ibex or simply Ibex , is an ungulate that is endemic to the Nilgiri Hills and the southern portion of the Western Ghats in the States of Tamil Nadu and Kerala in Southern India. It is a state animal of Tamil Nadu. Despite of its local name , it is more closely related to the sheep of the Orvis genus than the Ibex and wild goats of the Capra genus. In Tamil language it is called "varaiaadu" , the term being composed of two Tamil words, wurrai a precipice and aadu, a goat. Physical Characteristics The Nilgiri Tahr is ...