in the Western Ghats landscape there are seven populations with an estimated population size of 336 to 487 individuals in a forested area of 21435 sqkm in three major landscape units Periyar-Kalakad-Mundathurai, Bandipur-Parambikulam-Sathyamangalam-Mudumalai-Anamalai-Mukurthi and Anshi-Kudremukh-Dandeli;