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- peut-être à l'origine de la légende de la Toison d'Or dans la mythologie grecque.

- représenté sur des plaques en argent en Mongolie au 1er siècle avant notre ère (Brentjes 1967, 1969).

- légende au 15ème siècle du lama Drukpa Kuenlay (1455-1529) : the divine “Mad Man” is one of Bhutan’s favourite saints, known for his outrageous antics. One day his devotees were gathered to witness his magical powers and they asked him to perform a miracle. Before complying, he demanded that he be given a complete cow and goat to eat. Having devoured both, leaving only bones, he stuck the goat’s head on the bones of the cow. To everyone’s amazement, upon a command uttered by Drukpa Kuenlay, the animal came to life, arose, ran to the meadow and began to graze. The animal of the story came to known as the dong gyem tsey (Takin) and can be seen grazing in mountain meadows of the kingdom.

- décrit par Hogson en 1850.

Bibliographie

BRENTJES, Burchard
1967 Frühe Darstellungen des Takin. Der Zoologische Garten, 33 [n° 6] : 306-308.
1969 Tschiru, Blauschaf und Takin auf altorientalischen Darstellungen. Saügetierkunkliche Mitteilungen, 17 : 201-203.

HODGSON, B. H.
1850 On the takin of the Eastern Himalaya. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 19 [n° 1] : 65-75 (January).

YOUNG, Chung-Chien
1948 Budorcas, a new element in the proto-historic Anyang fauna of China. American Journal of Science, 246 : 157-164.