Domestic yak

Yak
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	A yak in the Nepalese Himalayas.
Conservation status
	Domesticated
Scientific classification e
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Genus:	Bos
Species:	B. grunniens
Binomial name
	Bos grunniens; Linnaeus, 1766

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]

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

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Bronze model of yak from Gansu, China; Yuan dynasty, 1271–1368 AD
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A yak at Langtang valley, Nepal
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Yak rider near Tsomgo Lake, Sikkim (3,700 m (12,100 ft))
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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
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Train of pack yaks at Litang monastery in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China
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Yaks plowing fields in Tibet
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Yaks in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Domestic yak in Mao County, China

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= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link)
↑ Louis, Washington University in St. "Earliest evidence for domestic yak found using both archaeology and ancient DNA". phys.org. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[MSW3-1] 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= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link)

[2] Louis, Washington University in St. "Earliest evidence for domestic yak found using both archaeology and ancient DNA". phys.org. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

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