🟪 🐾 Scientist & Theoretical Zoologist Dijo Thomas Declares the Discovery and Scientific Proving of a Critically Endangered SPECIES ➖

🐆 Neelagiri Cheruvan / Pogeyan ❗

 Neelagiri Cheruvan is a Medium Sized Predator, Size in between a German Shepherd and a Leopard ❗

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👉 Neelagiri Cheruvan is the Second Species in Neelagiri Kaduva Family !

Neelagiri Cheruvan is much smaller than Neelagiri Kaduva, which is as Big as Tiger.

🟣 Neelagiri Cheruvan had been depicted as Pogeyan Puli,

 In the 🖥️ BBC Documentary "Natural World-The Mountains of the Monsoon" ❗

🔵 Neelagiri Cheruvan has been Entered in the Official Records of the Kerala Forest Department❗

🔴 Dijo Thomas did a 2 Year, Single Stretch, RESEARCH on Neelagiri Cheruvan, By Residing in the High Altitude Region of Kotagiri and Ooty in Tamil Nadu, India.

🟢 On Two occasions, Neelagiri Cheruvan Tried to Catch 2 Different Dogs, including My Pet Dog, which Accompanied me to My Room a One Second Ago, in Two different locations❗

My Pet Dog fortunately Escaped that Attempt. ( Will post about that in Detail, later )

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Neelagiri Cheruvan has a face similar to that of Neelagiri Kaduva or a Dog.

🐆 Neelagiri Cheruvan roughly looks like a German Shepherd ➖ Only that it is Proportionality a Little Longer than a German Shepherd ❗

Neelagiri Cheruvan is only little more Bigger than a Dog.

👉 Neelagiri Cheruvan’s main prey are Dogs.

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🔴  .  Dijo Thomas Corrects the Earlier Wrong Assumptions on Neelagiri Cheruvan ❗

🔲 Dijo Thomas Corrects the Earlier Wrong Assumptions on Neelagiri Cheruvan ➖ Already KNOWN and ACKNOWLEDGED By the Kerala Forest Department as " Pogeyan " to the Tribals in Munnar Region of Kerala, India ❗

🐈 1. Pogeyan was considered to belong to the Cat Family by Wildlife Conservationists and Kerala Forest Department. ✖️

A. Dijo Thomas Says that Neelagiri Cheruvan (Pogeyan) do NOT belong to the Cat Family !

B. Dijo Thomas Says that Neelagiri Cheruvan was Wrongly Considered as Cat Family because of ➖ its Length, which is Proportionately Longer than Any Species in Canidae Family (Dog Family) !

👉 C. Dijo Thomas Says that, Though the Face of Neelagiri Cheruvan is similar to that of a Dog, the Length of its body is Similar to that of Cat Family 

➖ The body Length of Neelagiri Cheruvan is Proportionately Longer than Any Species in Canidae Family (Dog Family) ❗

D. Dijo Thomas Corrected the

✖️ Wrong Notion of Wildlife Conservationists and Kerala Forest Department that, Pogeyan belongs to the Cat Family ; and

✅ ➖ Dijo Thomas Scientifically Proved that Neelagiri Cheruvan is the Second Species in the Neelagiri Kaduva Family ❗

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🔲 Fact File on 🐆 Neelagiri Cheruvan :

Where?: Wayanad, Ootty, Munnar, Bangalore

Color : Grey and Brown . 

 ➖ It therefore, according to some, look like “Black & White”.

But some could be pale yellow or brown also.

Date of First hearing : 2015

Discovery & Confirmation date : 2017

Discovery in Ooty: 2018

◾ Colloquial Names:

Wayanad: Patti Puli [Dog Leopard]

Ootty and Nilgiris : Naai Siruthai [Dog Leopard]

Munnar : Pogeyan | Pogeyan Puli. | Pogeyan Cat 

Bangalore : Madka [for both Neelagiri Kaduva & Neelagiri Cheruvan ]

Color: A Mix of Reddish brown, Pepper Grey etc.

It therefore, according to some, look like “Black & White”.

But some could be pale yellow or brown also.

Date of First hearing : 2015

Discovery & Confirmation date : 2017

Discovery in Ooty: 2018

Colloquial Names:

Wayanad: Patti Puli [Dog Leopard]

Ootty: Naai Siruthai [Dog Leopard]

Munnar: Pohayan Puli  ( Pogeyan Leopard )

Bangalore : Madka [for both Neelagiri Kaduva & Neelagiri Cheruvan ] – Seer naai

The largest population of Neelagiri Cheruvan occurs in Ooty & Nilgiris , which I estimate to be about 15 – 35.

👉 Here Neelagiri Kaduva does not exist.

Only in Wayanad & Bangalore does both Neelagiri Kaduva & Neelagiri Cheruvan exists in a single locality.

Astonishing Tactics of Neelagiri Cheruvan to catch Dogs !

As Neelagiri Cheruvan is not much Bigger than a Dog, it is difficult for it to hunt a dog down. Therefore it uses a special tactics to catch a Dog.
Neelagiri Cheruvan will bark like a dog. Hearing it the dog will rush to intercept the new “dog” that have invaded its territory.

When the dog gets near Neelagiri Cheruvan will attack and catch the dog.

.   🟥   Theoretical Zoologist Dijo Thomas SOLVES the Century Old, Mystery of Pogeyan in Munnar Hills, Kerala !!        .

Is Pohayan in Munnar Neelagiri Kaduva? Many had asked me. But I had replied in the negative. Pohayan is known only to be a little bigger than a dog.

In 2014, during my first discovery of Neelagiri Kaduva, when Sri Joseph IFS, then Director of Thiruvananthapuram Museum saw Cub of Neelagiri Kaduva [which was attacked by the mob & killed (http://rarewildlife.org/NeelagiriKaduva-Cub.htm)] he told me & Dr. Jacob Alexander that it could be Pohayan. But I told him that it was not Pohayan but Patti Kaduva (Colloquial Name of Neelagiri Kaduva ).

Neelagiri Cheruvan is the Pohayan in Munnar!

It could have got the name Pohayan [Smoke], because of its grey color.

Dijo Thomas

http://ScientistDiscovery.com

  🟪  News Paper Report on Neelagiri Cheruvan in  Dina Thanthi – On 21 September 2019

🔻 Dina Thanthi is the Largest Circulated News Paper in Tamil Nadu, and is the 7 th LARGEST CIRCULATED News Paper in India ❗