Yak
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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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