Nilgiri tahr: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Nilgiri tahr lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Nilgiritragus hylocrius
Group	Antelopes, wild cattle, sheep & goats
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Bovidae

Where does the Nilgiri tahr live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Nilgiri tahr in 1 country or territory across Asia.

India

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Nilgiri tahr endangered?

The Nilgiri tahr’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Nilgiri tahr?

The Nilgiri tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius) is a mammal in the order Artiodactyla and the family Bovidae, genus Nilgiritragus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Nilgiri tahr

The Nilgiri tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius) is an ungulate that is endemic to the Nilgiri Hills and the southern portion of the Western Ghats in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. It is the only species in the genus Nilgiritragus. The species is classified as endangered in the IUCN Red List. It is the state animal of Tamil Nadu.

The Nilgiri tahr was first described as Capra warryato by John Edward Gray in the 19th century. It was later grouped under the same genus with the Arabian and Himalayan tahrs. However, based on a 2005 phylogenetic, it was reclassified into the news genus Nilgiritragus, and shares a common ancestor with the genus Ovis.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Nilgiri tahr (revision 1376708614), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q22111959 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).