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Nilgiri Tahr is the state animal of Tamil Nadu. [8] It has references from Tamil Sangam Literature like Cilappatikaram and Cīvaka Cintāmaṇi. In 2023, Tamil nadu government has declared October 7 as Nilgiri Tahr Day in honour of E. R. C. Davidar [9]
The Himalayan tahr is a herbivore spending most of the time grazing on grasses and browsing on leaves and some fruits. [1] Its short legs allow it to balance while reaching for the leaves of shrubs and small trees. [10] The tahr consumes more woody plants than herb species [13] with as much as 75% of its diet consisting of natural grasses. [14]
The Nilgiri tahr is a stocky goat with short, coarse fur and a bristly mane. Males are larger than females and of darker colour when mature. Both sexes have curved horns, reaching up to 40 cm (16 in) for males and 30 cm (12 in) for females. Adult males weigh 80 to 100 kg (180 to 220 lb) and stand about 100 cm (39 in) tall at the shoulder.
The Arabian tahr is endangered due to intense overgrazing, poaching, and habitat destruction. [10] In Oman, a recent increase of human migration to urban areas has resulted in domestic goats becoming feral and foraging in places that were once strictly the tahr's home. Habitat degradation is also another major threat, due to construction of ...
Himalayan Tahr: The sanctuary is said to be one of the last homes of Himalayan tahr, which is a large ungulate related to the wild goat. These herbivorous animals have small heads with large eyes and small pointed ears, and are 3 to 4.5 feet long and weigh around 36–90 kg. They are 26 to 40 inches tall.
The takin (Budorcas taxicolor; / ˈ t ɑː k ɪ n / TAH-kin), also called cattle chamois or gnu goat, [2] is a large species of ungulate of the subfamily Caprinae found in the eastern Himalayas. It includes four subspecies : the Mishmi takin ( B. t. taxicolor ), the golden takin ( B. t. bedfordi ), the Tibetan (or Sichuan) takin ( B. t ...
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Mukurthi is near the northern end of the range of the Nilgiri tahr. A three-day census in March 2007 estimated 200 tahrs in the park including 60 young ones sighted. [ 13 ] There are also leopard , bonnet macaque , sambar deer , barking deer , mouse deer , otter , jungle cat , small Indian civet , wild dog , jackal , black-naped hare , shrew ...