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What

Life (Life)

Observer

bikashdas

Date

August 2008

Place

Kerala, IN (Google, OSM)

Description

The Nilgiri Thar is found in southern parts of the Western Ghats - a chain of hill ranges along the Arabian Sea coast of South India. Nilgiri Tahrs are found in the Nilgiri Hills, the Anamalai Hills and the hill ranges of central Kerala. The largest population of Thars is to be seen in the Erivakulam National Park in Kerala.

The Nilgiri Tahr prefers open terrain, cliffs and grass-covered hills, a habitat largely confined to altitudes from 1200 to 2600 m. Their habitat extended far and wide all along these hills in the past, but hunting and habitat destruction have decimated them to such an extent that they now exist only in a few isolated sites - the Nilgiri hills, the high ranges in Central Kerala and the Anamalai hills about 100 Kms to the South and some pockets in the Southern tip of the peninsula.

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Photographed by Bikash R Das