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Budorcas (takin)

Osteichthyes - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Budorcas was named by Hodgson (1850). It is extant.

It was assigned to Bovidae by Carroll (1988); to Ovibovini by Grubb (2001); to Caprinae by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); and to Caprini by Gentry (2010), Calamari (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Budorcas Hodgson
1988Budorcas Carroll
2001Budorcas Grubb p. 384
2008Budorcas Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5
2010Budorcas Gentry p. 792
2021Budorcas Calamari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyBovoidea
familyBovidae
subfamilyAntilopinaeGray 1821
tribeCaprini()
genusBudorcasHodgson 1850

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Budorcas Hodgson 1850 [takin]
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†Budorcas churcheri Gentry 1996
Budorcas taxicolor Hodgson 1850
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:01:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.129 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129China (Hubei) Budorcas sp. (234753)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117China (Hubei) Budorcas taxicolor (92787)