Domestic yak
The domestic yak (Bos grunniens) is a long-haired domesticated bovid found throughout the Himalayan region of the Indian subcontinent, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Russia. It is descended from the wild yak (Bos mutus).[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Genus: | Bos |
| Species: | B. grunniens
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| Bos grunniens Linnaeus, 1766
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History
Scientists have used genetics and archaeology to study the history of yaks. They have found that there were domesticated yaks on the Tibetan Plateau 2,500 years ago.[2]
Use
Yaks are kept for their milk, wool, and meat. Also, they are used for transportation. Their dried droppings are burned as fuel in fires.
Domestic Yak Media
Bronze model of yak from Gansu, China. Yuan dynasty, 1271–1368 AD
A domestic yak at Yamdrok Lake.
Yak rider near Tsomgo Lake, Sikkim (3700 m)
10 Tage altes Yak-Stierkalb. Yakzucht Pongratz (www.pongratz.or.at/yakzucht.htm) auf der Koralpe, Steiermark, Österreich.
Yak racing
Yaks in Manali, Himachal Pradesh, India saddled for riding
Train of pack yaks at Litang monastery in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China
Yaks plowing fields in Tibet
Tibetan Yak or Sarlyk, as they say in Altai
Yaks in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
References
- ↑ Grubb, Peter (16 November 2005). "Order Artiodactyla (pp. 637-722)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds (ed.). [http://google.com/books?id=JgAMbNSt8ikC&pg=PA691 Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference] (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 691. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
{{cite book}}:|editor=has generic name (help); External link in|title= - ↑ Louis, Washington University in St. "Earliest evidence for domestic yak found using both archaeology and ancient DNA". phys.org. Retrieved 16 December 2023.