The correct answer is Hispid Hare Explanation & Key Takeaways: • The Hispid Hare is not found in the Western Ghats • Hispid Hare • The Hispid Hare's range includes the tall grasslands of north India and southern Nepal, and the floodplain grasslands of north-eastern India and northern Bangladesh. • The Western Ghats are home to a variety of endemic mammals, which are species of plants and animals that are unique to a particular area. • The region's ecological significance and evolutionary history are highlighted by the presence of these mammals. Related Concepts: • Nilgiri Tahr • The Nilgiri tahr is an ungulate that is endemic to the Nilgiri Hills and the southern portion of the Western and Eastern Ghats in the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala in southern India. • It is the only species in the genus Nilgiritragus and is closely related to the sheep of the genus Ovis. • Nilgiri Langur • The Nilgiri langur is an Asian langur of the Old World monkey. • It has glossy, black fur and an orangey-golden brown, hair-like mane on its head. • Females have a white patch of fur on the inner thigh. • It typically lives in troops of nine to ten individuals, with or without offspring, depending on seasonality. • Brown palm civet • The brown palm civet (Paradoxurus jerdoni), also called the Jerdon's palm civet, is a viverrid endemic to the Western Ghats of India. • The scientific name Paradoxurus jerdoni was introduced by William Thomas Blanford in 1885 who described a skull and pelt of a brown palm civet collected in Kodaikanal.