Huong+Tran+-+Takins

=Common Name=

=Takins ( Budorcas taxicolor)= Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Genuus Budorcas Species: Taxicolor there are 3 subspecies of takins: 1. The Shenis takin (bedfordi) also know as the Golden takin 2. The Mishmi takin (taxcolor) 3. The Sichuan takin (tibenaa) =Habitat and Location= The Budorcas lives in China and along the eastern Himalayas in Asia and ranges elevation between 4,000 - 12,000 meter above the sea level. Their natural habitat is on moutain forest, they also live in rocky, grass covered alpine zone. The takins were found in 1455 to 1529 during a time of Lama Drukpa kuenly. After the time period the animal came to be know as " Dong Gyme Tsey" and can still be seemed in gazing in the moutian meadows of the kingdom.

=Niche= Takins are a big muscular mammal. with a horns like a wildebeest, a nose like a mosses, a tail like a bear, and a a body like a bison. Takins are closely related to the musk ox of North American and Greenland. it is also common with both goats and antelope.A takin from head to tails about 42 - 98 inches (5 to 7.3 feet), from the height shoulder is 27 - 55 inches (3.3to 5 feet. A takin male can weight up to 880 lbs, and for a female it can wieght up to 550 lbs. Diet of the Budorcas Taxicolor is very sample, they eat in early morning and again in the late afternoon. They feeds in any kind of plants suck as grasses, leaves, and even bamboo. They also in tough platns suck as oak, if the leaves are out of reach, they will use their powerful bodies to push over small trees and bring the leaves closer. Budorcas Taxicolor normally found in cool mountain, tropical moist montane and rocky places. However, when the weather get colder Budorcas Taxicolor move down the to forested valley and even though they move up and down, side to side they're travel in the same routes. Takins most likey sexually marture at the age of 2, their mating season occur in July and August lasting for 7 or 8 months. only one young during the Budorcas Taxicolors pregnancy. Taxicolor life span is from 12 - 15 years. Taxicolor is mostly living their live by themeseleves, and one going out on mates season. In addition Budorcas taxicolors have few enemies other than bears and wolves because of their build bodies.

=Population Expansion & Species in Competition=

The budorcas Taxicolor was be great mammal that fill in the niche led by the endangered species beacuse their diest are very similar, both Gaint Pandas and Budorcas taxicolor are herbivore eating grasses, leaves and even bamboos. Moreover, they live in the same areas of shaanxi and they both in live the similar elevation from 4,000 to 12,00 feet high up the moutain. furthere more, their mating season is between spring thru. summer, usually both of Gaint pands and Budorcas taxicolor can only give birth to one offspring at a time.Even thought the two orgainisms weight is different that didn't change the fact that this two orgainisms share alot of things in common. The Budorcas taxicolor is a great chocie for the replacement of Gaint pandas. Since Budorcas taxicolor live in the sam habitat as Gaint pandas, the takin can take over the Gaint pandas niche very quicky, around 5 months or less.