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Threatening climate change to the Nilgiri tahr
July 14 , 2018
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- According to recent study published international journal Ecological Engineering, climate change is threatening the Nilgiri tahr.
- It is estimated that endangered wild goat could lose approximately 60% of its habitat, starting from 2030s.
- There are only around 2,500 Nilgiri Tahrs left in the wild and their population is small and isolated. It makes them vulnerable to local extinction.
- It is state animal of Tamil Nadu. It is endemic to Western Ghats from the Nilgiris to Kanyakumari.
- It is confined to a narrow belt of higher elevation (altitudes) of Shola Forests in Western Ghats.
- IUCN in its red data book has classified it as Endangered (number fewer than 2,500 mature individuals).
- Besides it is protected species under Schedule I of Wildlife (Protection) Act of 1972.
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