Yak
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YAK, the wild (and domesticated) ox of the Tibetan plateau; a species nearly allied to the bison group.
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bovine mammal, Bos grunniens, of the Tibet region of China and adjacent areas.
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Taxonomy Bos grunniens [Linnaeus, 1766]. Citation: Syst. Nat., 12th ed., 1:99. Type locality: Boreal Asia (domesticated stock). The taxonomic record (above) is taken from Wilson and Reeder (1993).
Yak Is a bovine oxlike animal of Tibet and also other parts of Central Asia. The yak is built with short thick legs, high shoulders, and large curved horns. Having long hair on the flanks, legs, and tail where it reaches the ground.
The yak is designed with large lungs, a high red-blood cell count, and a high concentration of blood sugar. These features enable the yak able to survive in higher elevations.
Anatomy: The yak measures from 3 to 6 feet (0.9 to1.8 m) tall at the shoulder and weighs from 400 to 1,800 pounds (180 to 820 kg). Males are larger than females. Both males and females have horns.
Throughout history, the domesticated yak of central Asia has provided Tibetan herders with wool, leather, meat, milk and cheese. Yaks are used by humans as beasts of burden. Their dung is used as fuel and fertilizer.
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The yak, Bos grunniens, is a wild ox in the cattle family, Bovidae, found in the mountains of Tibet ...
The yak weighs up to 2200 lb pounds and its habitat is the treeless uplands, including plains, hills, and mountains of the Tibetan plateau and adjacent highlands, including Gansu Province, China.
*** The yak was probably domesticated in Tibet during the first millennium B.C., and domesticated animals now occur throughout the high plateaus and mountains of Central Asia, in association with people.
A Real Yak: Wild yaks (subspecies B. g. mutus) stand about two meters tall at the shoulder and weigh 1,000 kg (2,200 lb). They usually form groups of between 10 and 30 animals.
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the Yak is a gigantic cow with a withers-height until 2 m and a weight up to one ton. The cows reach only the half of the weight of the bulls. The Yak...
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Class: Mammalia
Status: Wild yak CITES 1. The wild yak is ENDANGERED.
The domestic yak is protected by man and their status is COMMON.
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Magpies inhabit open woodlands, savannas or brush-covered country near streams. The nest is built with twigs and is large, bulky and domelike. It usually has two entrances.
Its preferred habitat is temperate high mountains with steep cliffs, alpine meadows, sloping Yak pastures and high-altitude cultivation. There is considerable altitudinal migration, going up to 4500 - 8000 m in summers and down to 1800 m in winters.
Relevant Web Resources: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ... Yak's Corner ... Smithsonian / Smithsonian: Guam Rail -- Endemic Victim of an Exotic Species ... GUAM RAIL 98 Fact Sheet (9/1/98) (pdf format) ...
Banteng (B. javanicus) Â- Gaur (B. gaurus) Â- Yak (B. mutus) Â- Cattle (B. taurus) Â- Kouprey (B. sauveli)
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The Tibetan Plateau shelters a wide array of unique species, including the Tibetan antelope, Tibetan gazelle, wild yak, blue sheep, snow leopard, brown bear, Bengal tiger and black-necked crane.
The water buffalo, or Asian buffalo, as it is often called, is the largest member of the Bovini tribe, which includes yak, bison, African buffalo, various species of wild cattle, and others.
Snow leopards are often killed by local farmers because they prey on livestock such as sheep, goats, horses, and yak calves. In some areas domestic animals can make up to 58% of the snow leopard's diet.
 See also: Cattle, Deer, Sheep, Bison, Buffalo
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