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Takin facts for kids
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Caprinae |
| Genus: | Budorcas |
| Species: | B. taxicolor |
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| Budorcas taxicolor Hodgson, 1850 |
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B. t. bedfordi |
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The Takin (Budorcas taxicolor) is a goat-antelope found in the Eastern Himalayas, Sikkim, northern Assam, northern Burma, and central and southern China. The takin is the national animal of Bhutan.
Images for kids
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A wild herd in Gongshan Derung and Nu Autonomous County, Yunnan Province, China
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Takin on a tree stump at Potawatomi Zoo, South Bend, Indiana
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A takin in Korkeasaari Zoo, Helsinki, Finland
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A baby takin in the Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago
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A takin at the San Diego Zoo
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An adult Sichuan takin at the San Diego Zoo
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Takin at the Paris Menagerie
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Golden takin
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Takin at National Kandawgyi Botanical Gardens in Pyin Oo Lwin, Myanmar
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Bhutanese Takin