Mishmi takin faces new challenges in its changing habitat

Mishmi takin faces new challenges in its changing habitat

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya/Mongabay India High in the mist-shrouded mountains of Arunachal Pradesh, where India meets Tibet and Myanmar, lives one of the most elusive creatures of the Himalayas — the Mishmi takin (Budorcas taxicolor). The species is so unusual that early naturalists struggled to classify it. This robust, shaggy ungulate, often described as a cross between a goat and an ox, has roamed these slopes for millennia, perfectly adapted…