Chinese name: takin Chinese alias: Takin, wildebeest Latin Literature Name: budorcas taxicolor (hodgson, 1850) English name: takin Category: Industry: animal kingdom animalia Door: Door chordata chordates Gang: mammalia mammalia Head: Artiodactyla artiodactyla Section: Bovidae bovidae Subfamily: sheep subfamily caprinae Is: takin is budorcas Species: takin b. taxicolor Subspecies: Gaoligong takin bt taxicolor Bhutan takin bt whitei Sichuan takin bt tibetana Qinling takin bt bedfordi Takin distribution of the Eastern Himalayas is a large jungle areas bovine animals, a total of four subspecies. The size range between cattle and sheep, but in the teeth, horns, hooves, etc. closer to the sheep, wild goats can be said to be very large. takin is an ancient animal, "Han" said the cat takin cattle. With high ornamental value and economic value. Antelope horn is precious herbs, cold, may be used as medicine, the liver can be flat, heat Anticonvulsant detoxification, can cure heat, headache, dizziness, mania and other diseases.
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Protection level
National level to protect animals, was included in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora International Trade Convention, Appendix ii
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Shape features
Takin a shoulder height of 110-120 cm, males weighing up to 400 kg, females 250 kg, the heaviest takin even up to 1000 kg. Both males and females have a shorter length of angle, usually about 20 cm. Takin not cattle, sheep Bovidae subfamily living in it, near the frigid antelope on the classification, is the world recognized one of the precious animals in China was listed as a protected animal. Because of its shape bull, length 2.1 m, weighing about 300 kilograms, rather like a small water buffalo, while the short head and small tail, and as the antelope, it sounds like sheep, but the brutal nature and if cattle, hence the name takin. It has a pair of students like cattle horns, horn suddenly flip out from the beginning to the Minister of the outside out, and then off to the rear, sharp inward angle, was distorted shape, it is also known as Takin.
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Distribution
Takin produced in southwest China, northwest and Bhutan, India, Myanmar and other places, because of different origin, color faded from south to north. Our country's takin, white body, known as the "Aries", the individual was a golden age, known as the "golden takin." Takin divided into four subspecies: subspecies Gaoligong takin (bt taxicolor), Bhutan takin subspecies (bt whitei), Sichuan takin subspecies (bt tibetana) and Qinling subspecies of takin (bt bedfordi). Chuanya species and four of China's Qinling subspecies endemic subspecies. Qinling subspecies are four subspecies of the most beautiful subspecies. Qinling Qinling subspecies mainly in the western part of the main producing counties Zhouzhi general County Bai production, Ningshan, Yangxian, Foping and Zhashui five counties, rather strong, Fengxian, Lueyang, Liuba, Mian, Chenggu, Zhen'an, Hu County, Mei County, Lam Tin, Chang also distributed in 11 counties, a total of 17 counties with distribution.
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Environment
Takin is a typical alpine species, often inhabit 2,500 meters high mountain forest, meadow areas, winter and migrate to 2500 meters below the coniferous forest of the rocky area. Xiqun habitat. Takin body vigorous and aggressive temperament. Spring feeding grass, Liliaceae grass, bamboo shoots and bamboo shoots and young leaves of some shrubs. Collected at a variety of summer migration to high starch, vitamins and herbs. Feed the plant fruits in autumn, winter or the sunny mountain plateau into the mountains, the staple food bamboo, fir and other softwood bark and shrubs. Living at an altitude of 2,000-4,500 m takin a bamboo forest, its geographical distribution in China and the giant panda is similar to the number of rare and, therefore, be regarded as "national treasures." In Bhutan, the country is considered takin beast. They are mainly to grass, leaves and buds for food, usually in the daytime. Composed of small populations in winter, the summer population can be expanded to 100 or more, while older male basically takin alone.
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Habits
Takin foolhardy, it is easy to be fooled and fall into the trap arrested now face extinction. In order to protect this rare animal, there is takin geographical distribution, has established a number of nature reserves, for the protection and exploitation of this precious animal resources provides a good base. Takin cluster strong group of about 20-30 per head, there are 50 groups around the winter there will be a greater number of clusters. Their natural enemies are jackals. July-August, mating, calving from March to April the following year. Takin road team is very disciplined when, robust Bulls team were walking in front of and behind the cow and the middle ranks of young cattle. Group of cattle will not attack people, the risk is much lower. However, living alone with the temperament of cattle in groups of takin is a big difference. Summer is usually takin the estrus, in order to compete for the spouse, antelope herds in the bull fight will be conducted by "violence" to determine the level-order, the losers tend to "anger" and stray away, become a single cow. Some became separated from the group because takin, and had its own "wandering." These seemingly melancholy "Solo travelers" often irascible, easily hurt. Therefore, in the face of the lonely takin, be especially careful, timely avoid to prevent danger. Encounter takin, can not panic, flee, you can immediately climb high, or place to lie down motionless, takin it will not hurt to people.
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Population Status
Takin simple and honest nature, undefended, it is easy to be human hunting or trapping them fall into the trap of people, combined with the deterioration of ecological environment. Currently, the takin is at the brink of extinction, China has already takin included protected species, the IUCN to it as the world's endangered animals, loaded special protection of the "Red Book." China has established two takin the nature reserves, because of the protection measures implemented, increasing the current number of takin, now about 1300 golden takin habitat in western China.
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Growth and reproduction
Takin into the mating season each year from July to August, when the males become extremely violent nature of cattle, in order to fight female cattle, banteng strong start deadly duel each other, the losers relegated to group, the winner was able to mate with females. Takin about 9 months of pregnancy, litter size is generally from March to May the following year, one for each child. Average life expectancy of 12-15 years.
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Information
Takin is an extremely rare large-scale rare and valuable animals. Because of its strange appearance, some scientists have been carefully observed and long-term study called it "six monsters", that is Pangda Long from the spine like a brown bear, two tilt legs African spotted hyena like, stubby limbs, as cattle, taut face, like moose, wide and flat tail like a goat, horns look like wildebeest Also known as Takin, only produced in Asia, China, India, Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar in five countries, China is takin most resource-rich countries, the distribution area in the north latitude 25 ° 15'-34 ° 10 ', longitude 97 ° 30'-109 ° 30 'between. Takin a protected species is China, the Chinese Red Data Book of endangered species published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Red Data Book published as valuable class. In 1984, the New York Zoological Society international wildlife conservation organization is responsible for Dr. George b · Schaller, Minshan region in the northern part of Sichuan takin met. Dr. Schaller After some careful observation, to put this animal called the "six monsters": a huge bulge like a brown bear's back, face taut, like moose, wide and flat tail like a goat, two horns grow like a wildebeest, two tilt legs spotted hyenas like, stubby limbs, like cattle. Takin although like hidden, but sometimes to see people not escape, nor angry, but curiously looked at you. Once, Dr. Schaller occasional public takin a lonely unaccompanied rest on the hillside. It is absolutely still, hind legs affixed to the front legs hold up, squatting on the ground, at first glance just like a huge gravel. With the sense of smell, Takin soon find someone around, they immediately stood up, motionless staring Charleroi - raise the head, drum nose blowing, the brown eyes wide open. According to the locals, who sometimes saw the public Takin, the Department will immediately bowed his head with two horns aligned with you, and sent waves of threat hum sounds, ready to launch a sudden attack. Takin and goats, as those who can reach the wide mouth of the plants they almost eat, it's food-stuffs including at least 100 kinds of plants, and even up to 300 species. With strong soma and effort, you can always takin away come clashing, deer, musk deer, serow, and other hoofed animals. Therefore, there is no natural enemies. Do not look Takin drive bloated body, while hunched over hump in the road, staggering gait, but was able to jump over when needed 2.4-meter-high tree branches, or with the front legs, chest to deal with a block in advance on the trunk road, so bent until broken. According to Dr. Schaller determination, takin can use this method, bend or break easily push the 12.7 cm diameter trunk. Sold the winning male and Cishou love, both enter the mountain forests, secret marriage. Mother more than eight months pregnant animals, usually 4 per month next year under the Aberdeen beast. Aberdeen larger animal consumption, after their "mother" put his "children" in a takin kindergarten by a takin care of, their foraging and other activity. Said, "independence cow" sometimes mixed in with the family cattle feeding, and even mate with female cattle. Takin four subspecies are produced in China, including Sichuan and Qinling Takin Takin two subspecies is endemic to China. Therefore, they are recognized as one of the rarest animals, our government continues to prohibit the Takin zoo moved to foreign countries. Qinling takin the feeding behavior Journal of Zoology 06, 2001 Takin (Budorcastaxicolor) under Artiodactyla Bovidae, mainly in China's Shaanxi, Sichuan, Gansu, Yunnan, Tibet's high altitude mountain areas of forest habitats. Takin a total of four subspecies, of which the Qinling subspecies (B.t.bedfordi) and four Chuanya species (B.t.tibetana) is unique to our country. Research work mainly in the takin our country, currently about takin observation or study behavioral ecology, including feeding [1-4], defense [5,6], licking salt [7,8], breeding and calving. Cluster to cluster feed takin the main way to feed, but also see the separate activities of feeding the takin. Takin in the wild to see the cumulative total of 1090 times 146 base takin, takin them alone there are 50 activities, representing the total number seen takin 4 6%; takin individual cluster activities accounted for 954%. Seen in the Foping Nature Reserve during the study period the largest group of takin 59 only, 50% of takin in more than 15 groups to see the Takin, an average group size is 10 8 ± 9 4 (n = 96) only. Takin often pass through the deep roar to the location information to achieve the clusters and common feeding migration purposes. Takin intake roar is moving from one domain to another feed intake domains that occur during walking. Sound when the head is not takin looked up, nor looked around him, head still down feeding posture forward. Mother cow in the feeding process from time to time issued from the lower throat and deep roaring sound, which makes the individual groups in the other direction to its activities. Steep at the mother cow to see the migration intake is not conducive to change direction of movement, its neighbors will cause deep roar of a few cattle, followed by changes in direction, a little distance to other cattle are not steep at , but the walk to the feed direction of the sound source, the mother cow bellowing sound very clearly the role that the communication between individuals within the group for takin cluster migration intake has an important role. Feeding migration of the study area above sea level elevation of nearly 2000m. With the different altitude regions the seasonal climate changes, the growth of the plant will have the relevant changes. Takin for the _select_ion of quality food will be seasonal, the upper and lower vertical migration activities. Takin in early December to late March of this period during the winter season is basically stable at an altitude of between 1800 ~ 2000m events at this time than the preferred beam takin leeward side of the Banpo as habitat, eating the bark and to Chinese orange leaves, moss, etc. for the food. After the coming of spring each year, takin activities at the plant did not germinate, germination of plants in pre-warming of the lower temperatures at altitude, so takin a downward migration intake. May takin 1500m above sea level near the migration to regional activities, feed young sprout of fresh food. As the temperature gradually increased, the high altitude at the germination and growth of various plants gradually, gradually migrate upward feed takin, takin basically the end of June to migrate to more than 2000m above sea level near the summit activities. June to September, mainly in high altitude areas takin activities. With withered leaves of alpine plants, began in October takin migrate to lower elevations and winter habitat for takin over the altitude region, feeding the low-elevation mixed forest and coniferous forest of deciduous shrubs and small that are not trees, the next move in mid-November near the 1700m event, after which the migration run uphill back to the winter habitat areas. Feeding time feeding during the day takin the main activities. Seen during the study group sub-cluster takin 96, 75 times in the feeding group, five times in the walking group, 16 times in the rest group; see the activities of 50 separate sub-takin, there are 21 in the feed , 21 in the walk, eight in the rest. Takin the feeding activity prevalent in the morning and evening twilight times more active.
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Species name
Chinese name: takin Chinese alias: Takin, wildebeest Takin distribution of the Eastern Himalayas is a large jungle areas bovine animals, a total of four subspecies. The size range between cattle and sheep, but in the teeth, horns, hooves, etc. closer to the sheep, wild goats can be said to be very large. Takin is an ancient animal, "Han" said the cat takin cattle. With high ornamental value and economic value. Antelope horn is precious herbs, cold, may be used as medicine, the liver can be flat, heat Anticonvulsant detoxification, can cure heat, headache, dizziness, mania and other diseases.
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Information
Takin is an extremely rare large-scale rare and valuable animals. Because of its strange appearance, some scientists have been carefully observed and long-term study called it "six monsters", that is Pangda Long from the spine like a brown bear, two tilt legs African spotted hyena like, stubby limbs, as cattle, taut face, like moose, wide and flat tail like a goat, horns look like wildebeest Also known as Takin, only produced in Asia, China, India, Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar in five countries, China is takin most resource-rich countries, the distribution area in the north latitude 25 ° 15'-34 ° 10 ', longitude 97 ° 30'-109 ° 30 'between. Takin a protected species is China, the Chinese Red Data Book of endangered species published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Red Data Book published as valuable class. In 1984, the New York Zoological Society international wildlife conservation organization is responsible for Dr. George b · Schaller, Minshan region in the northern part of Sichuan takin met. Dr. Schaller After some careful observation, to put this animal called the "six monsters": a huge bulge like a brown bear's back, face taut, like moose, wide and flat tail like a goat, two horns grow like a wildebeest, two tilt legs spotted hyenas like, stubby limbs, like cattle. Takin although like hidden, but sometimes to see people not escape, nor angry, but curiously looked at you. Once, Dr. Schaller occasional public takin a lonely unaccompanied rest on the hillside. It is absolutely still, hind legs affixed to the front legs hold up, squatting on the ground, at first glance just like a huge gravel. With the sense of smell, Takin soon find someone around, they immediately stood up, motionless staring Charleroi - raise the head, drum nose blowing, the brown eyes wide open. According to the locals, who sometimes saw the public Takin, the Department will immediately bowed his head with two horns aligned with you, and sent waves of threat hum sounds, ready to launch a sudden attack. Takin and goats, as those who can reach the wide mouth of the plants they almost eat, it's food-stuffs including at least 100 kinds of plants, and even up to 300 species. With strong soma and effort, you can always takin away come clashing, deer, musk deer, serow, and other hoofed animals. Therefore, there is no natural enemies. Do not look Takin drive bloated body, while hunched over hump in the road, staggering gait, but was able to jump over when needed 2.4-meter-high tree branches, or with the front legs, chest to deal with a block in advance on the trunk road, so bent until broken. According to Dr. Schaller determination, takin can use this method, bend or break easily push the 12.7 cm diameter trunk. Sold the winning male and Cishou love, both enter the mountain forests, secret marriage. Mother more than eight months pregnant animals, usually 4 per month next year under the Aberdeen beast. Aberdeen larger animal consumption, after their "mother" put his "children" in a takin kindergarten by a takin care of, their foraging and other activity. Said, "independence cow" sometimes mixed in with the family cattle feeding, and even mate with female cattle. Takin four subspecies are produced in China, including Sichuan and Qinling Takin Takin two subspecies is endemic to China. Therefore, they are recognized as one of the rarest animals, our government continues to prohibit the Takin zoo moved to foreign countries. Qinling takin the feeding behavior Journal of Zoology 06, 2001 Takin (Budorcastaxicolor) under Artiodactyla Bovidae, mainly in China's Shaanxi, Sichuan, Gansu, Yunnan, Tibet's high altitude mountain areas of forest habitats. Takin a total of four subspecies, of which the Qinling subspecies (B.t.bedfordi) and four Chuanya species (B.t.tibetana) is unique to our country. Research work mainly in the takin our country, currently about takin observation or study behavioral ecology, including feeding [1-4], defense [5,6], licking salt [7,8], breeding and calving. Cluster to cluster feed takin the main way to feed, but also see the separate activities of feeding the takin. Takin in the wild to see the cumulative total of 1090 times 146 base takin, takin them alone there are 50 activities, representing the total number seen takin 4 6%; takin individual cluster activities accounted for 954%. Seen in the Foping Nature Reserve during the study period the largest group of takin 59 only, 50% of takin in more than 15 groups to see the Takin, an average group size is 10 8 ± 9 4 (n = 96) only. Takin often pass through the deep roar to the location information to achieve the clusters and common feeding migration purposes. Takin intake roar is moving from one domain to another feed intake domains that occur during walking. Sound when the head is not takin looked up, nor looked around him, head still down feeding posture forward. Mother cow in the feeding process from time to time issued from the lower throat and deep roaring sound, which makes the individual groups in the other direction to its activities. Steep at the mother cow to see the migration intake is not conducive to change direction of movement, its neighbors will cause deep roar of a few cattle, followed by changes in direction, a little distance to other cattle are not steep at , but the walk to the feed direction of the sound source, the mother cow bellowing sound very clearly the role that the communication between individuals within the group for takin cluster migration intake has an important role. Feeding migration of the study area above sea level elevation of nearly 2000m. With the different altitude regions the seasonal climate changes, the growth of the plant will have the relevant changes. Takin for the _select_ion of quality food will be seasonal, the upper and lower vertical migration activities. Takin in early December to late March of this period during the winter season is basically stable at an altitude of between 1800 ~ 2000m events at this time than the preferred beam takin leeward side of the Banpo as habitat, eating the bark and to Chinese orange leaves, moss, etc. for the food. After the coming of spring each year, takin activities at the plant did not germinate, germination of plants in pre-warming of the lower temperatures at altitude, so takin a downward migration intake. May takin 1500m above sea level near the migration to regional activities, feed young sprout of fresh food. As the temperature gradually increased, the high altitude at the germination and growth of various plants gradually, gradually migrate upward feed takin, takin basically the end of June to migrate to more than 2000m above sea level near the summit activities. June to September, mainly in high altitude areas takin activities. With withered leaves of alpine plants, began in October takin migrate to lower elevations and winter habitat for takin over the altitude region, feeding the low-elevation mixed forest and coniferous forest of deciduous shrubs and small that are not trees, the next move in mid-November near the 1700m event, after which the migration run uphill back to the winter habitat areas. Feeding time feeding during the day takin the main activities. Seen during the study group sub-cluster takin 96, 75 times in the feeding group, five times in the walking group, 16 times in the rest group; see the activities of 50 separate sub-takin, there are 21 in the feed , 21 in the walk, eight in the rest. Takin the feeding activity prevalent in the morning and evening twilight times more active.