The Nilgiri tahr animal can be found in the hills.

Also inhabiting the park, though rarely seen, are the elusive Nilgiri tahr.

Its main attraction is the Nilgiri Tahr an important prey species of the tigers.

A small population of the endangered Nilgiri Tahr is also seen in the grassy peaks.

The park was created to protect its Keystone species, the Nilgiri Tahr.

The sanctuary is home to threatened species of elephant, Gaur, Nilgiri tahr and deer.

Rare animals include the tiger, Asian Elephant, and Nilgiri Tahr.

Nilgiri Tahr was once found all over the western Ghat of kasaragod now locally extinct.

The Nilgiri tahr of the Nilgiris.

The Valparai range is also habitat the Nilgiri Tahr, an endemic wild goat.

These grasslands are the home to the endangered Nilgiri Tahr, which resembles a stocky goat with curved horns.

In the hill forests of southern India, Thapar tracks Nilgiri tahr on the grassy peaks.

Twenty six species of mammals have been recorded in the park including the largest surviving population of Nilgiri Tahr, estimated at about 750 in number.

Murugan (1997) Habitat analysis of the Nilgiri Tahr in the Mukurti National Park.

This area also houses the Eravikulam National Park famous for its population of the Nilgiri Tahr, a mountain goat.

Nilgiri Tahr (Hemitragus hylocrius)

The Park holds the largest viable population of the endangered (IUCN) Nilgiri Tahr (Hemitragus hylocrius).

Schaller, in his book, 'The Stones of Silence', pays tribute to Davidar's efforts in saving the endangered Nilgiri Tahr.

Wild life includes gaur, sloth bear, Nilgiri Tahr, jungle cat and Nilgiri langur, wild elephants and sambar deer.

NWEA is now helping the Forest Department to annex other Nilgiri Tahr habitats adjoining the park, which were excluded from the park boundaries when it was created.

Other animals include Nilgiri tahr, sambar, sloth bear, gaur, Indian elephant, tiger, flying squirrel, panther, Dhole, pangolin and a variety of birds and reptiles.

Threatened species in the park area include: Indian Elephant, Gaur (Wild Ox), Nilgiri Tahr and Grizzled Giant Squirrel.

Apart from the species common to the plains, wild elephants, wild boars leopards, tigers, bison, species of deer, Nilgiri Tahr, sloth bear and black-headed Oriole can be found.

Mukurthi National Park lies in the southwest of the range, in Kerala, and covers an area of 78.5 km2, which includes intact shola-grassland mosaic, habitat for the Nilgiri tahr.

Grizzled Giant Squirrel, Flying Squirrel, Tree Shrew, Elephant, lion-tailed macaque, Nilgiri Tahr, mouse deer, barking deer and many species of birds may be seen.

Nilgiri Tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius)

Anamudi and the Eravikulam National Park surrounding it is home to the largest surviving population of the Nilgiri Tahr(Nilgiritragus hylocrius)--It is the state animal of Tamil Nadu.

The rare and endemic Nilgiri tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius) is limited to a 400 km band of shola-grassland mosaic, from the Nilgiri Hills in the north to the Agasthyamalai (Ashambu) Hills in the south.