MAMMALIA. 45 



the Goat and Sheep : the animal is consequently a browser and 

 not a grazer. Nevertheless the mere nostrils, which are wide 

 and terminal, have a decided Bovine character both as to form 

 and position, and, as it were to remind us of the true Bovine 

 muzzle, there is a clear broad margin round the nostril which is 

 quite nude and moist." 



Mr. Turner (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1849) thinks " this genus is 

 closely allied to Nemorhcedus, and has no relationship with the 

 Gnu or the Musk Ox ;" indeed he appears to consider it as a 

 species of that genus ! 



Mr. Blyth " believes its affinity to be strictly Caprine, with little 

 relation either to the Bovine or to the Gnous (Catoblepas), not- 

 withstanding the very remarkable form of the horns." Journ. 

 Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1850, 348. 



1. BUDORCAS TAXICOLA, The TAKIN. 



Yellowish grey. Hairs yellow, black tipped. The head, neck, 

 dorsal streak, belly, limbs and tail black; they are sometimes 

 entirely black. 

 Budorcas taxicola (Takin), Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 



1850, 65. t. 1; Gray, Knowsley Menagerie. 

 Nemorhsedus (taxicola), Turner, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1849. 

 Hob. Eastern Himalaya. The Mishmi Mountains. Called Takin 



by the Mishmis, and Ken by the Khamtis. 



Female. Mus. Asiat. Soc. Calcutta. 



OSTEOL. Hodgson, I. c. t. 2, skull, copied, t. 5. f. 3, 4. 



Subtribe II. Antilopece. The horns conical, bent back, cylin- 

 drical or compressed, and ringed at the base. The knee (or 

 wrist) in the middle of the fore-leg. 



" Occipital plane of skull forming an obtuse angle with the 

 frontal plane. Core of the horns thin, consisting of dense bone, 

 often with a clear sinus at the base within. Horns seated on the 

 upper surface, below the crest of the frontals, and apart at the 

 base. Teats 2 or 4. Feet-pits in hind feet, and generally also 

 in the fore ones." Hodgson. 

 Antilopea;, Gray, Ann. 8f Mag. N. H. 1847, 230; Glean. Knows. 



Menag. 

 Antilopese (gen. Antilope), part., Ovesidese, part., Lesson, Nov. 



Tab. Reg. Anim. 1?5. 

 Antilopidse, Tetracerocidse, Rupicapradse, et Damalidae, Brookes, 



Cat. Mus. 63. 1828. 



Bovidse et Caprida3, part., Ogilby, P. Z. S. 1836, 13?. 

 Antilope?, Gazella?, Dryxis?, Bubalis?, Enagrus, Eafinesque, 



Anal. Nat. 56. 1815. 



