Climate Change Threatens Nilgiri Tahr

A new study has predicted that most of the existing habitats of the Nilgiri Tahr in the Western Ghats will become unsuitable as global warming intensifies.

Description

  • The Nilgiri tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius) 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 the state animal of Tamil Nadu.
  • The Nilgiri tahr is a stocky goat with short, coarse fur and a bristly mane. Males are larger than females and of ....
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Bio–Diversity And Environment