Order Artiodactyla Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 637 722 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Budorcas taxicolor Hodgson 1850 Budorcas taxicolor Hodgson 1850 , J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 19: 65 . Type Locality: India , Assam , "Mishmi mountains [Mishmi Hills] … in the Eastern Himalaya". Vernacular Names: Takin . Subspecies: : Subspecies Budorcas taxicolor subsp. taxicolor Hodgson 1850 Subspecies Budorcas taxicolor subsp. bedfordi Thomas 1911 Subspecies Budorcas taxicolor subsp. tibetana Milne-Edwards 1874 Subspecies Budorcas taxicolor subsp. whitei Lydekker 1907 Distribution: Bhutan , N Burma , China ( Gansu , Sichuan , Shaanxi , SE Tibet , and Yunnan ), and NE India ( Sikkim and Mishmi Hills). Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Endangered as B. t. taxicolor and B. t. bedfordi , Vulnerable as B. t. tibetana and B. t. whitei . Discussion: Reviewed by Neas and Hoffmann (1987 , Mammalian Species, 277).