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title: "Nilgiri Tahr"
description: "Nilgiritragus hylocrius — Mammals. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/nilgiri-tahr
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Nilgiri Tahr

> Nilgiritragus hylocrius — Mammals. 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.

- Scientific name: *Nilgiritragus hylocrius*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `mountains` (Mountains)
- iNaturalist observations: 530
- Wikidata: [Q22111959](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22111959)
- iNaturalist taxon: [74772](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/74772)

## Names

- en: Nilgiri Tahr
- de: Nilgiritahr
- es: Tahr del Nilgiri
- fr: Mouflon des Nilgiri
- nl: Nilgirithargeit

## Countries with the most observations

IN (473)

## Summary

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…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiri_tahr

## Photo

![Nilgiri Tahr](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/nilgiri-tahr/medium.jpg)

Photo: Simon Tonge · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/41288985

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/nilgiri-tahr?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).