Yes, it's a Takin Budorcas taxicolor, a bizarre goat-antelope from the bamboo forests of the Himalayas. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
Takin (Budorcas taxicolor) (Photograph by Bruce Bunting/WWF). From Wordnik.com. [Hengduan Mountains subalpine conifer forests] Reference
Important animal species here include takin (Budorcas taxicolor) and Sichuan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana). From Wordnik.com. [Qin Ling Mountains deciduous forests] Reference
The juniper woodlands in Tsarijathang, in Jigme Dorji National Park, Bhutan, in particular are used by takin (Budorcas taxicolor) as summer habitat. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests] Reference
The ecoregion harbors several threatened species, including the endangered red panda (Ailurus fulgens), takin (Budorcas taxicolor), serow (Capricornis sumatraensis), and particolored squirrel (Hylopetes alboniger). From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests] Reference
Important mammal species include the snow leopard (Uncia uncia), which roams the high-altitude meadows; blue sheep (Pseudois nayur); Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus); and the formidable takin (Budorcas taxicolor). From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows] Reference
Budorcas taxicolor bedfordi is a large, rather odd-looking "goat-antelope" that lives among the bamboo and rhododendrons of the Eastern Himalayas, and in the North Bohemian town of Liberec. From Wordnik.com. [Latest articles - Radio Prague] Reference
Takin (Budorcas taxicolor). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8] Reference
Takin calf (Budorcas taxicolor). From Wordnik.com. [Nujiang Langcang Gorge alpine conifer and mixed forests] Reference
Budorcas taxicolor, 455. From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
Genus Budorcas. From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
In the mountains, the fauna transitions into Palearctic species, consisting of snow leopard (Uncia uncia, EN), black bear (Ursus thibetanus, VU), and a diverse ungulate assemblage that includes blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur), takin (Budorcas taxicolor, VU), and argali (Ovis ammon, VU). From Wordnik.com. [Biological diversity in the Himalayas] Reference
The ecoregion also harbors several threatened species, including the endangered tiger (Panthera tigris), red panda (Ailurus fulgens), takin (Budorcas taxicolor), and serow (Capricornis sumatraensis) and the vulnerable Vespertilionidae bat (Myotis sicarius), Assamese macaque (Macaca assamensis), stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides), wild dog (Cuon alpinus), back-striped weasel (Mustela strigidorsa), clouded leopard (Pardofelis nebulosa), and Irrawaddy squirrel (Callosciurus pygerythrus). From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests] Reference
Mammals include such notable species as giant panda Ailuropoda melanoleuca (EN), lesser panda Ailurus fulgens (EN), golden snub-nosed monkey Rhinopithecus roxellanae roxellanae (VU), Asiatic black bear Selenarctos thibetanus (VU), brown bear Ursus arctos, Asiatic wild dog Cuon alpinus (VU), leopard Panthera pardus fusca, lynx Felis lynx, Pallas 'cat Felis manul, Sichuan takin Budorcas taxicolor thibetana (VU), mainland serow Capricornis sumatraensis (VU), common goral Nemorhaedus goral, argali sheep Ovis ammon (VU) and three species of deer, one being the white-lipped deer, Cervus albirostris (VU). From Wordnik.com. [Huanglong National Scenic Area, China] Reference
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