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		<title>The Nilgiri Tahr</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/the-nilgiri-tahr/" title="The Nilgiri Tahr" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="152" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/nt1a-300x152.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Nilgiri tahr" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/nt1a-300x152.jpeg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/nt1a-800x405.jpeg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/nt1a-scaled.jpeg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>The Nilgiri tahr is native to the Nilgiri Hills and the southern portion of the Western and Eastern Ghats in southern India. These critters prefer open montane grassland habitats. They are more closely related to sheep than wild goats. Unfortunately, due to the threats of habitat loss and <a class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="&#60;div class=glossaryItemTitle&#62;competition&#60;/div&#62;&#60;div class=glossaryItemBody&#62;Competition is most typically considered to be the interaction of species that strive to acquire a common resource that is in limited supply, but more commonly can be termed as the direct or indirect interaction of organisms that leads to a change in health when the organisms share the same resource. Typically neither organism benefits.Some examples are: &#38;lt;strong&#38;gt;lions&#38;lt;/strong&#38;gt; and &#38;lt;strong&#38;gt;cheetahs&#38;lt;/strong&#38;gt;, &#38;lt;strong&#38;gt;squirrels&#38;lt;/strong&#38;gt; and &#38;lt;strong&#38;gt;woodpeckers&#38;lt;/strong&#38;gt;, or an &#38;lt;strong&#38;gt;antelope&#38;lt;/strong&#38;gt; and a &#38;lt;strong&#38;gt;gazelle&#38;lt;/strong&#38;gt;.&#60;/div&#62;" href="https://critter.science/glossary/competition/" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]' tabindex="0" role="link">competition</a> for [&#x2026;]</p>
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