( Budorcas taxicolor) Takins are wild goats about the size of a cow. The only species of takin is found in high elevation sites in central China. Males are about 2 meters tall and weigh 400 kilograms, females are about half that size. Their golden fur may have been the "golden fleece" searched for by Jason and the Argonauts.

large heavily built goat antelope of eastern Himalayan area

The Takin (Budorcas taxicolor) is a goat-antelope found in heavily forested areas of the Eastern Himalayas. There are four subspecies: B. taxicolor taxicolor, the Mishmi Takin; B. taxicolor bedfordi, the Shensi or Golden Takin; B. taxicolor tibetana, the Tibetan or Sichuan Takin; and B. taxicolor whitei, the Bhutan Takin. The takin is the national animal of Bhutan.