Lexic.us

Definition of Budorcas taxicolor

1. Noun. Large heavily built goat antelope of eastern Himalayan area.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Budorcas Taxicolor

Literary usage of Budorcas taxicolor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"The chevron is highly arched, and the false hoofs are very large. NO. 455. Budorcas taxicolor. The Tahin. NATIVE NAMES. ..."

2. Records of Big Game: With Their Distribution, Characteristics, Dimensions by Rowland Ward (1899)
"13| Tibet .... Pere A. David, Paris Museum. KANSU TAKIN (Budorcas taxicolor sinensis). zoi IIi II f Kansu, China . . Hon. Walter Rothschild. ..."

3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1851)
"Since the foregoing observations were written, I have perused Mr. BH Hodgson's interesting account of the Budorcas taxicolor, in the ' Journal of the ..."

4. Dictionary of national biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1901)
"... and he was the first to describe thirty-nine new species of mammalia, one of which (Budorcas taxicolor) ranks as a new genus. ..."

5. Annual Report by New York Zoological Society, Tennyson Society (1908)
"Szechuan Takin, (Budorcas taxicolor szechuan). Male. Skin, skull and horns. NORTON, JOHN W., Cazenovia, NY: American Elk. Mounted head. Female. ..."

6. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1888)
"At the June 7th meeting were read some remarks by the well-known A. 0. H. on the Gnu Goat on Takin (Budorcas taxicolor]; three horns are figured. ..."

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