Budorcas churcheri

Budorcas churcheri is an extinct species of takin that lived in the Pliocene of Ethiopia. Its remains were found in the Hadar Formation.^[2][3]

Budorcas churcheri Temporal range: Pliocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Caprinae
Tribe:	Caprini
Genus:	Budorcas
Species:	†B. churcheri
Binomial name
†Budorcas churcheri Gentry, 1996[1]

While the living takin is endemic to the region of Tibet, the presence of B. churcheri in the African continent confirms that genus was far more widespread in the past.^[3]

The species was named in honor of the distinguished Canadian palaeontologist, C.S. "Rufus" Churcher, by Alan Gentry.