Nilgiri Tahr | Nilgiri Ibex | Cliff Goat | Varaiaadu
TAHRS OR TEHRS ARE LARGE ARTIODACTYL UNGULATES RELATED TO GOATS AND SHEEP
00:00 Intro
00:07 Nilgiri Tahr
NILGIRI TAHR (NILGIRITRAGUS) IS DERIVED FROM THE TAMIL WORD NEELAGIRI MEANING 'BLUE HILLS' AND GREEK WORD TRÁGOS MEANING 'GOAT'
ALSO KNOWN AS NILGIRI IBEX; LOCALLY CALLED VARAIAADU MEANING ‘CLIFF GOAT’
DESPITE THEIR LOCAL NAME, NILGIRI TAHRS ARE MORE CLOSELY RELATED TO SHEEP THAN IBEX AND WILD GOATS
ENDANGERED ANIMALS ENDEMIC TO THE NILGIRI HILLS DISTRIBUTED ALONG THE SOUTH WESTERN AND EASTERN GHATS IN INDIA
HEIGHT – 80-110 CM
WEIGHT – 50 TO 100 KILOGRAMS
IDENTIFICATION - COARSE BROWN FUR, BRISTLY MANE, AND GREY HORNS CURVED BACKWARDS
THERE ARE 3 TAHRS, ARABIAN TAHR, HIMILAYAN TAHR, AND NILGIRI TAHR; NILGIRI TAHR IS THE LARGEST AMONG THEM CONISDEING THEIR HEIGHT, WEIGHT AND LENGTH
ADULT MALE HAS A DARK BROWN TO BLUE COAT, WHILE OTHERS ARE A DARK YELLOWISH-BROWN TO A DEEP CHOCOLATE BROWN
THEIR SADDLE PATCH CHANGES COLORS AS THEY AGE, THUS CALLED "SADDLEBACKS"
STATE ANIMAL OF TAMIL NADU, AND THE ONLY MOUNTAIN UNGULATE IN SOUTHERN INDIA AMONGST THE 12 SPECIES PRESENT IN INDIA
HORNS CONTAIN GROWTH RINGS THAT DEVELOP ANNUALLY, REVEALING THEIR AGE
DISTICTIVE FACE MARKINGS; MALES ARE LARGER THAN FEMALES AND OF DARKER COLOUR WHEN MATURE
FEMALES ARE LIGHTER IN COLOUR, DUSKY TO YELLOWISH BROWN WITH SMALLER HORNS, THAN MALES
BREEDING IS YEAR-ROUND BUT THE PEAK SEASON USUALLY OCCURS BETWEEN JULY AND AUGUST
AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY IS ONLY 3 YEARS, MANY ONLY REPRODUCE ONCE BEFORE THEY DIE
FEMALES GIVE BIRTH TO A SINGLE YOUNG TWICE A YEAR
JUVENILES ARE WEANED AT 4-6 MONTHS, REACHES REPRODUCTIVE MATURITY AT 2 YEARS OF AGE
EVENLY-MATCHED MALES FIGHT FOR POSITION; THEY STAND SIDE BY SIDE AND BUTT EACH OTHER HEAD-ON
ON 20/JUL/2000 THE INDIAN POSTAL DEPARTMENT ISSUED BROWN COLOUR STAMPS ON NILGIRI TAHR WITH A FACE VALUE OF 50 PAISE
THEY ARE SOCIAL ANIMALS AND LIVE IN HERDS THAT MAY CONSIST OF 6 INDIVIDUALS OR AS LARGE AS 100-150
DURING MIDDAY, HERDS USUALLY REST IN SHADES OF CLIFF FACES WHICH ALSO SERVE AS A COVER WHEN TAHRS ESCAPE FROM PREDATORS
WHILE THE HERD IS RESTING ONE MEMBER REMAINS ALERT WATCHING FOR PREDATORS
ERAVIKULAM NATIONAL PARK HAS THE HIGHEST DENSITY AND LARGEST SURVIVING POPULATION OF NILGIRI TAHR
THEY ARE HERBIVORES AND FEED ON VARIOUS GRASSES, SHRUBS, LEAVES, AND FORBS
LATE 19TH CENTURY, THEY NEARLY BECAME EXTINCT. ASSISTANCE OF NILGIRI GAME ASSOCIATION AND HIGH RANGE GAME ASSOCIATION, HELPED IN PROTECTING TAHRS
INDIAN WILDLIFE ACT (1972) LIMITED HUNTING, AND POPULATION HAS REACHED 2,000
MAIN THREATS TO NILGIRI TAHRS ARE HABITAT LOSS, ILLEGAL HUNTING, AND CLIMATE CHANGE
06:31 Outro
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