The wildlife of Kerala is big and diversified. This landlocked State in southern India gives shelter to a huge range of nice and helpful species including the Gaur, Tiger, man-charging elephants, etc. Among all this colorful abundance, there are some unlucky under-populated species that must fight for survival on a daily basis. They’re too short in numbers to go in herds. – Nilgiri Tahr
The Nilgiri Tahrs are stocky goats with short, coarse fur and a bristly mane. Males are larger than the females, and have a darker color when mature. Both sexes have curved horns, which are larger in the males, reaching up to 40 cm for males and 30 cm for females. Adult males weigh 80–100 kg and stand about 100 cm tall at the shoulder. Adult males develop a light grey area or “saddle” on their backs and are hence called “saddlebacks”. This rare variety can be found only in Eravikulam National Park, Rajamalai in India. I was told you don’t find this variety of tahr anywhere in the world.
I have shot photos of this rare animal which is only few in no’s. officials say there will be a maximum of 40-50 of them only. Its worth seeing them…
i did not see anything interesting in munnar., i think kodaikanal was better. munnar is too crowded and not many places to see. to see the Nilgiri tahr we had to wait in que for more than one hour, after going to one place, they said we have to walk a 1 or 2kms to see the animal.
i was fed up. i didn’t go.
nothing great about this animal i think. the saddest part i learn is it is very less in no;s