#takin | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

theantiazdarcho · 6 months

Text

The Takin is such a whimsical herbivore, like God commissioned Dr. Seuss for this one.

23K notes · View notes

mammalianmammals · 1 month

Text

#takin #ungulate #mammal #memes #animals #nature #asia

624 notes · View notes

internetdruid · 3 months

Note

oh my god what is the Creature in your pinned post pls I’ve never seen it before what a beautiful beast

My all-time favorite animal!

It's a Takin (Budorcas taxicolor), a large Caprine native to Bhutan, India, China and Tibet.

despite sharing a similar appearance with and being within the subfamily caprinae with the Muskox (Ovibos moschatus), Takins are more closely related to sheep.

There is an interesting myth behind the creation of the Takin (Budorcas Taxicolor) that contributed to its high religious significance and therefore led to its adoption as Bhutan’s national animal.

Legend has it that in the 15th century when Lam Drukpa Kunley also referred to as “The Divine Madman” arrived in Bhutan from Tibet he delivered religious teachings to the people whereupon they requested him to conjure up a miracle. He agreed on the condition that he would be fed lunch – a whole cow and a whole goat.

Doing as he commanded, the people offered him his massive lunch. The Tibetan saint devoured the flesh of both the animals and left out the bones. Then he fixed the head of the goat onto the body of the cow and with a snap of his fingers uttered a mantra. The animal instantly sprung to life and began grazing on the meadows. He then named it the “Dong Gyem Tsey” (Takin).

#ask #takin #bovidae #i love all ungulates soo much but i will take any chance i get to gush about takins #golden takin #sichuan takin

742 notes · View notes

bovineblogger · 3 months

Note

they are NOT cows but are kind of the same gender so what do you think of takin my best friend takin. takin

SHE IS EVERYTHING TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BIG NOSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#asks #takin

398 notes · View notes

dharmaart · 6 months

Text

I've been a bit under the weather so I wanted to just make something fun for inktober. I used lemon yellow, sepia, blue, and Indian red calligraphy ink. I also used a fineliner and a little gouache.

#takin #inktober #inktober 2023 #art #artist #artists on tumblr #animal art #ink #calligraphy ink #calligraphyink #takins #art humor #ink art #ink painting #illustration

141 notes · View notes

frippp · 5 months

Text

A takin! I want to draw some lesser known animals

#art #my art #takin #mountain goat #goat #kinda goat #idk what this thing is tbh #its kinda like the uncanny vally of animals

32 notes · View notes

asterwild · 10 months

Text

Takin (Budorcas taxicolor)

#id in alt #takin #animals #animal art #wildlife #ungulate june #colors look kinda gross on both my monitors but okay on my phone and tablet so hopefully it's decent for most of you!

146 notes · View notes

palaeoplushies · 1 year

Text

Visit to the Highland Wildlife Park! What a wonderful place, I had such a good day out. The park is fantastic, with some of the biggest and most natural feeling enclosures of any zoo I've been to. It helped that it was good weather, and the backdrop of the Cairngorms was stunning.

I love the theme of this park- animals native or once native to the Scottish Highlands and animals from similar environments elsewhere.

The highlights of the trip was definitely the takin, wolverines and the snow leopard cubs. The Arctic Foxes were very cute too! Oh, and POLAR BEARS!!

#zoology #highland wildlife park #scotland #animals #zoo #polar bear #arctic fox #takin

221 notes · View notes

cariboops · 2 years

Photo

It’s time for some fun in the sun!

#takin #furry #anthro

493 notes · View notes

my-friend-meowth · 1 month

Text

Korkeasaari

Kulaani (Equus hemionus kulan) Mongolian wild ass & Przewalskinhevonen (Equus przewalskii) Przewalski's horse

Jakki (Bos grunniens) Yak

Härkägemssi (Budorcas taxicolor) Takin

Metsäpeura (Rangifer tarandus fennicus) Finnish forest reindeer

#meowth #korkeasaari #mongolian wild ass #przewalski's horse #yak #takin #finnish forest reindeer #pokemon #my pokemon

17 notes · View notes

mammalianmammals · 3 months

Text

Sichuan Takin (Budorcas taxicolor tibetana), family Bovidae, native to Tibet and the provinces of Sichuan, Gansu and Xinjiang, China

photograph by Eric Kilby

#takin #budorcas #bovidae #ungulate #artiodactyla #mammal #animals #nature #asia

314 notes · View notes

planetzoos · 5 months

Text

A shot of the takin from the upcoming Eurasia Pack. I'd never heard of these animals before (which rarely happens!), so I looked them up.

They're most closely related to sheep, although they have traits in common wih sheep, goats, and antelope. They live in the Himalayas and are nimble climbers, although they generally spend more time in forested areas.

#planet zoo #eurasia pack #takin

16 notes · View notes

internetdruid · 4 months

Text