Wild yak
Bos mutus
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Bos mutus
- Class
- Mammal
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Bovidae
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Size
- Large (2–4 m)
- Active
- By day
- Continent
- Asia
- Habitat
- Mountains, Grassland
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- It has a skirt of long hair that nearly reaches the ground and shields it from bitter cold.
- Its lungs and heart are larger than those of cattle, helping it cope with thin air.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q26547 · All animals · All entries