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The Nilgiri tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius) is an ungulate that is endemic to the Nilgiri Hills and the southern portion of the Western and Eastern Ghats in the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala in southern India. It is the only species in the genus Nilgiritragus and is closely related to the sheep of the genus Ovis. It is the state animal of ...
E. R. C. Davidar (Tamil: ஈ. ஆர். சி. டேவிதார்) was an Indian naturalist, scholar and lawyer.He is remembered for the first survey of the Nilgiri tahr in 1975 over western ghat range, conducting the first study in India on elephant corridors and taking an active part in the protection of the Nilgiris.
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 ]
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 ...
The Nilgiri tahrs are found only in the montane grasslands of the Southwestern Ghats, and number barely 2000 individuals. Nilgiri tahr in the Nilgiris. Three national parks protect portions of the Nilgiris. Mudumalai National Park lies in the northern part of the range where Kerala, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu meet, and covers an area of 321 km 2.
Hemitragus is a genus of bovids that currently contains a single living species, the Himalayan tahr.Two extinct species are also known from the Pleistocene. [1] [2]The Arabian tahr and Nilgiri tahr were once included in Hemitragus but have since been assigned to their own genera.
Scene involving Nayanthara dubbed from Tamil original [105] 2015 Dynamite: Unknown Telugu Telugu remake of Arima Nambi, Scenes involving flashback of JD Chakravarthy and his individual scenes with manager were dubbed from Tamil original. 2016 Saagasam: Arun Raj Varma Tamil Tamil remake of Julayi,
Vezham begins with a series of murders in the Nilgiri Hills. The killing pattern points towards a serial killer on the loose. From there, we randomly move to a romantic song featuring the lead pair, Ashok (Ashok Selvan) and Leena (Iswarya Menon), who share lovely moments in the misty hills. On their way back through the woods, they are attacked.