Budorcas Explained

Budorcas is a genus of bovid that contains a single living species, the takin (Budorcas taxicolor). Two extinct species are known from the Pliocene, B. teilhardi from China and B. churcheri from Ethiopia.^[1] The presence of the genus in Africa indicates that it was far more widespread in the past.^[2]

Etymology

Budorcas comes from Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: βοῦς|bous|ox, cow and Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: δορκάς|dorkas|gazelle|label=none.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Budorcas . Biolib.
2. Bibi . F. . Vrba . E. . Fack . F. . A new African fossil caprin and a combined molecular and morphological Bayesian phylogenetic analysis of caprini (Mammalia: Bovidae) . J Evol Biol . 2012 . 25 . 9 . 1843–1854 . 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02572.x . 22816969. free .
3. John F.. Neas. Robert S.. Hoffmann. Mammalian Species. Budorcas taxicolor. 277. 1–7. 27 February 1987. 3503907. 0076-3519. 10.2307/3503907. free.