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Which of the following wildlife sanctuaries is globally renowned as the natural habitat of the endangered Nilgiri Tahr, a mountain ungulate endemic to the southern Western Ghats?

A. Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary
B. Eravikulam National Park✓ Correct Answer
C. Silent Valley National Park
D. Bandipur National Park

💡 Solution & Explanation

Eravikulam National Park in Kerala protects the largest remaining wild population of the endangered Nilgiri Tahr within its high-altitude shola-grassland ecosystem. Other sanctuaries in the Western Ghats harbor distinct fauna like elephants or tigers rather than being dedicated primarily to this mountain ungulate.

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