What kind of food does the Takin eats?

Takins eat many kinds of alpine and deciduous plants and evergreens. When it comes to food, takins munch on almost any vegetation within reach. This includes the tough leaves of evergreen rhododendrons and oaks, willow and pine bark, bamboo leaves, and a variety of new-growth leaves and herbs.

1. Does Takin eat meat?
2. Where are Takin found?
3. What does a Takin look like?
4. Are Sichuan takin endangered?
5. Is a takin a herbivore?
6. What does a takin taste like?
7. Why is takin national animal of Bhutan?
8. Why are antelopes endangered?
9. Why is takin extinct?

Does Takin eat meat?

Takin are ruminants—plant-eating animals that chew their cud. They eat more than 100 kinds of plants, including bamboo, rhododendron, and horsetail.

Where are Takin found?

Distribution and habitat

Takin are found from forested valleys to rocky, grass-covered alpine zones, at altitudes between 1,000 and 4,500 m (3,300 and 14,800 ft) above sea level. The Mishmi takin occurs in eastern Arunachal Pradesh, while the Bhutan takin is in western Arunachal Pradesh and Bhutan.

What does a Takin look like?

The Takin (pronounced: tah-kin, or talk-in) is a large goat-like animal that lives in the Himalayan Mountains. They look slightly similar to the mountain goat of North America, but their snouts are more humped, and their horns curve out and back.

Are Sichuan takin endangered?

Takin are considered a national treasure in China, and have the highest level of legal protection. However, they are still endangered because of over-hunting and habitat destruction.

Is a takin a herbivore?

Takins are herbivorous (folivorous) animals. They feed on a variety of leaves and grasses, as well as bamboo shoots and flowers. Salt is also an important part of their diets, and groups may stay at a mineral deposit for several days.

What does a takin taste like?

The takin lacks skin glands but according to the excellent Princeton Field Guides Bovids of the World, “their skin secretes an oily, bitter-tasting substance that acts as a natural raincoat in storms and fog.

Why is takin national animal of Bhutan?

The Takin (Burdorcas Taxicolor) is the national animal of Bhutan due to its association to the Bhutanese religious history and mythology. Legend has it that in the 15th century, a Tibetan saint, Drukpa Kunley well-known as “Divide Madma” created this unique animal.

Why are antelopes endangered?

Surviving harsh and changing environmental conditions for millions of years, saiga populations are in significant decline due to increased poaching for meat, poaching of males for their horns (used in traditional Asian medicine), and natural threats such as disease and environmental change.

Why is takin extinct?

Overhunting has resulted in the disappearance of takins in some areas of their range, and recovery is slow. But the main cause for their declining numbers is the loss of their habitat. Farming, mining, pasture burning, cane and bamboo cutting, and road construction have destroyed large areas of takin habitat.