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takin

Heavily-built goatlike mammal with the horns thickened at the base and growing outwards. It ranges from Bhutan in the Himalayas to Central China. Its only close relation is the musk ox.

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The takin Budorcas taxicolor is in family Bovidae, in order Artiodactyla.
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I ha no favour for 'em - I ha no reason to favour 'em - but 'tis hopeless and useless to dream o' takin them fro their trade, 'stead o' takin their trade fro them
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