| Nilgiri tahr | |
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| Male (left) | |
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| Female in Eravikulam National Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Caprinae |
| Tribe: | Caprini |
| Genus: | Nilgiritragus Ropiquet & Hassanin, 2005 |
| Species: | N. hylocrius
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| Binomial name | |
| Nilgiritragus hylocrius (Ogilby, 1838)
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| Distribution of Nilgiri tahr | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hemitragus hylocrius | |
The Nilgiri tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius) is an ungulate that is endemic to the Nilgiri Hills and the southern portion of the Western and Eastern Ghats in the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala in southern India. It is the only species in the genus Nilgiritragus and is closely related to the sheep of the genus Ovis.
It is the state animal of Tamil Nadu.[2]
- ^ Alempath, M.; Rice, C. (2008). "Nilgiritragus hylocrius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T9917A13026736. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T9917A13026736.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Prater, S. H. (1971) [1948]. The book of Indian Animals. Bombay: Bombay Natural History Society.