Budorcas taxicolor

species of artiodactyls
Taxon taxon Q193469
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Summary

Budorcas taxicolor is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.54% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,050 views/month, #1,054 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Vulnerable[4]
  • Parent taxon: Budorcas[5]
  • Taxon name: Budorcas taxicolor[6]
  • Commons category: Budorcas taxicolor[7]
  • Commons gallery: Budorcas taxicolor[8]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9]
  • Short name: B. taxicolor[10]
  • Taxon common name: Takin[11], Mishmi Takin[12], Goat Antelope[13], Goat Ox[14], Cattle Chamois[15], Gnu Goat[16], Mishmitakin[17], Mishmi-Takin[18], Rindergemse[19], Gnuziege[20], 扭角羚[21], 贡山羚牛[22], takín[23], 喜马拉雅扭角羚[24]
  • Habitat: forest[25]
  • Gestation period: 7.5 month[26]
  • Longest observed lifespan: 21.9 years[27]
  • Taxon author citation: Hodgson, 1850[28]
  • Wildlife Protection Act 1972 (India) schedule: Schedule I (Part I) of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972[29]
  • CITES Appendix: Appendix II of CITES[30]
  • Litter size: 1[31]
  • Taxon range: Tibet Autonomous Region[32], Yunnan[33]

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Identifiers

Budorcas taxicolor's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42420[34]. Budorcas taxicolor's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 37181[35]. Budorcas taxicolor's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1038793[36]. Budorcas taxicolor's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2441046[37]. Budorcas taxicolor's ITIS TSN is recorded as 625135[38].

Why It Matters

Budorcas taxicolor has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [35] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [38] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [36] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [37] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . ARKive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . list of endangered and protected species of China. wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  29. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World (1st edition). wikidata.org.
  31. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . India Schedule Species Database. wikidata.org.
  33. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [31] ↑ . Budorcas taxicolor. wikidata.org.
  35. [32] ↑ . New vertebrate species discovered in China in 2022. wikidata.org.
  36. [33] ↑ . New vertebrate species discovered in China in 2022. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16w ago · Happyseeu · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Takin'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mishmi Takin'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Goat Antelope'} +12
    Instance of → taxon
    Longest observed lifespan → {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+21.9'}
    Iucn conservation status → Vulnerable
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Taxon common name: 贡山羚牛"
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