Sichuan takin

Sichuan takin[1]
A Sichuan takin at the Lincoln Park Zoo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Caprinae
Tribe: Caprini
Genus: Budorcas
Species:
Subspecies:
B. t. tibetana
Trinomial name
Budorcas taxicolor tibetana

The Sichuan takin or Tibetan takin (Budorcas taxicolor tibetana) is a subspecies of takin (goat-antelope). Listed as a vulnerable species, the Sichuan takin is native to Tibet and the provinces of Sichuan, Gansu and Xinjiang in the People's Republic of China.[2]

  1. ^ Grubb, P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Hildyard, Anne; Thompson, Paul; Prior, Amy, eds. (2001). Endangered Wildlife and Plants of the World. Singapore: Marshall Cavendish. ISBN 0-7614-7194-4.

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