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Bos mutus, commonly known as the yak, is a large, long-haired mammal native to the high plateaus of the Himalayan region. It matters because it has been domesticated for thousands of years and remains essential to the people of Central Asia for transportation, food, clothing, and other resources.
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Species
VulnerableWild Yak
Bos mutus
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderArtiodactyla
- FamilyBovidae
Observations57
Observations recorded55
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- Wild Yak Stuffed.jpg
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- taxon name
- Bos mutus
- Commons category
- Bos mutus
- taxon common name
- yac
- gestation period
- 258
- start time
- 5000000-00
- sequenced genome URL
- www.ensembl.org/Bos_mutus
- short name
- B. mutus
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The wild mountain yak (Bos mutus) is a large, wild bovine native to the Himalayas. It is the ancestor of the domestic yak (Bos grunniens).
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