Domestic yak
The domestic yak (Bos grunniens) also known as the Tartary ox, grunting ox, or hairy cattle 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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| A yak in the Nepalese Himalayas. | |
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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 yak at Langtang valley, Nepal
Yak rider near Tsomgo Lake, Sikkim (3,700 m (12,100 ft))
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
Yaks in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Domestic yak in Mao County, China
References
- ↑ Grubb, Peter. [http://google.com/books?id=JgAMbNSt8ikC&pg=PA691 Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference] (16 November 2005). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 691. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ↑ Louis, Washington University in St. Earliest evidence for domestic yak found using both archaeology and ancient DNA (in en). phys.org. Retrieved 2023-12-16.