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SPECIES Hemitragus hylocrius

Author:Ogilby, 1837.
Actual Date:1838
Citation:Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1837: 81.
Common Name:Nilgiri Tahr
Type Locality:India, "Neilgherry Hills" (Nilgiri Hills).
Distribution:S India (Western Ghats along border between Kerala and Tamil Nadu).
Status:IUCN – Endangered.
Comments:Included in jemlahicus by Haltenorth (1963:125) but generally regarded as a full species, for example by Corbet and Hill (1991).
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