Context (IE): The Tamil Nadu State Forest Department, in collaboration with WWF-India, successfully radio-collared a fully-grown saddleback(grown-up male)Nilgiri Tahr in Mukurthi National Park.
This operation marked the first time a mountain ungulate was collared without tranquilizing it.
Nilgiri Tahr
Nilgiri Tahr, locally known as Varaiaadu, is the state animal of Tamil Nadu.
It is the only mountain ungulate in southern India among the 12 species found in India.