"Cloud Goat" is a local or descriptive name often associated with the Nilgiri Tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius). Eravikulam National Park in the Anaimalai Hills, part of the Western Ghats and near the Nilgiri Hills region, is a primary habitat and holds the largest viable population of the endangered Nilgiri Tahr.
The “Cloud Goats” of the Nilgilri are found in
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