Budorcas taxicolor Hodgson 1850

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 700

Budorcas taxicolor Hodgson 1850

Budorcas taxicolor Hodgson 1850 , J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 19: 65.

Type Locality: India, Assam, "Mishmi mountains [Mishmi Hills] … in the Eastern Himalaya".

Vernacular Names: Takin.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Budorcas taxicolor subsp. taxicolor Hodgson 1850

Subspecies Budorcas taxicolor subsp. bedfordi Thomas 1911

Subspecies Budorcas taxicolor subsp. tibetana Milne-Edwards 1874

Subspecies Budorcas taxicolor subsp. whitei Lydekker 1907

Distribution: Bhutan, N Burma, China (Gansu, Sichuan, Shaanxi, SE Tibet, and Yunnan), and NE India (Sikkim and Mishmi Hills).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Endangered as B. t. taxicolor and B. t. bedfordi, Vulnerable as B. t. tibetana and B. t. whitei.

Discussion: Reviewed by Neas and Hoffmann (1987, Mammalian Species, 277).