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| − | {{Taxonomy|image = Yak.jpg|kingdom = Animalia|phylum = | + | {{Taxonomy|image = Yak.jpg|kingdom = Animalia|phylum = Chordata|subphylum = Vertebrata|class = Mammalia|order = Artiodactyla|suborder = Ruminantia |family = Bovidae|subfamily = Bovinae|genus = Bos|species = B. grunniens grunniens<br>B. grunniens mutus}} |
A '''Yak''' is a hardy shaggy [[bovine]] [[ruminant]] mammal commonly domesticated in [[Tibet]] and neighbouring areas of central [[Asia]]. | A '''Yak''' is a hardy shaggy [[bovine]] [[ruminant]] mammal commonly domesticated in [[Tibet]] and neighbouring areas of central [[Asia]]. | ||
Revision as of 13:38, July 8, 2007
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom Information | |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum Information | |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Sub-phylum | Vertebrata |
| Class Information | |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Order Information | |
| Order | Artiodactyla |
| Sub-order | Ruminantia |
| Family Information | |
| Family | Bovidae |
| Sub-family | Bovinae |
| Genus Information | |
| Genus | Bos |
| Species Information | |
| Species | B. grunniens grunniens B. grunniens mutus |
| Population statistics | |
A Yak is a hardy shaggy bovine ruminant mammal commonly domesticated in Tibet and neighbouring areas of central Asia.
Yaks are extremely useful animals:
- They work as beasts of burden, carrying substantial burdens at high altitudes where horses cannot survive. Yaks are extremely sure-footed.
- Their meat is eaten.
- Their hide, hair and horns are used for making clothing, constructing yurts, and many other purposes.
Domestic yaks commonly wear bells round their necks, to facilitate locating them, keeping herds together, and to distinguish them from wild yaks.
A hybrid between the yak and the domestic cow, the dzho (or zo), is also common in the same regions.