Yak

Yak
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 neighboring 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.

• They give good yields of milk which is made into cheese and butter, the latter of which is an essential additive in the tea enjoyed in Tibet.

• Their meat, which is prized for its fatty texture, is eaten and rendered into oil as a source of illumination.

• Their hide, hair and horns are used for making clothing, constructing yurts, and many other purposes.

• When dried, their dung is used as a source of fuel for heating and cooking.

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.

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