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Yak - BOS GRUNNIENS
Endangered
Class: Animals with Milk Glands (Mammalia)
The Name "Yak": "Yak" is derived from the Tibetan word "gyag," for the animal.
Location: Tibet
Habitat: Terrestrial. Mountains at an altitude of 13,500-20,000 feet.
Description: The coat is dense, long, and a woolly dark brown in wild yaks, but in domesticated yaks it varies in color. The head is broad and bulky, with curved horns that grow from the sides of the head. They are slender and point upward, and may reach up to three feet in length. The yak grows to about ten feet long, six and a half feet at the shoulder, but are less bulky than African buffaloes. The yak tips the scales at slightly over 1200 pounds, with the female smaller than the male.
Behavior: The yak is extremely nimble in its mountainous terrain despite its impressive size, and is so well adapted to colder climates that it would not survive in milder conditions. It feeds on various types of grass, lichens, and tubers, and must have water daily to survive - it occasionally can make do with snow. It grazes in the morning and evening. The females and young live in herds of ten to twelve individuals, while adult males are usually solitary except during the mating season, when they join the herds. During this time there are often violent duels between rival males.
Reproduction:After a gestation period of about nine months the female gives birth to a single calf, which remains with the mother for about a year.
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