Yak
Long-haired domesticated bovid / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the progenitor species Bos mutus, see Wild yak. For other uses, see Yak (disambiguation).
The yak (Bos grunniens), also known as the Tartary ox, grunting ox,[1] or hairy cattle,[2] is a species of long-haired domesticated cattle found throughout the Himalayan region of Gilgit-Baltistan (Kashmir, Pakistan), Nepal, Sikkim (India), the Tibetan Plateau, (China), Tajikistan and as far north as Mongolia and Siberia. It is descended from the wild yak (Bos mutus).[3]
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Yak | |
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A yak in the Nepalese Himalayas. | |
Domesticated | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Subfamily: | Bovinae |
Genus: | Bos |
Species: | B. grunniens |
Binomial name | |
Bos grunniens Linnaeus, 1766 | |
Synonyms | |
Poephagus grunniens |
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