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Encyclopedia Britannica



YAK

This article appears in Volume V28, Page 898 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: WIL-YAK
YAK , the wild (and domesticated) ox of the Tibetan
plateau
 ; a species nearly allied to the bison group. The yak, Bos (Poephagus) grunniens, is one of the finest and largest of the wild oxen, characterized by the growth of
long
  shaggy
hair
  on the flanks and under parts of the
body
  and the well-known bushy tail. In Europe a false impression of the yak is prevalent, owing to the fact that all the specimens imported have belonged either to a small domesticated breed from Darjiling, or to half-breeds; the latter being generally black and
white
 , instead of the uniform
Domesticated Yak, Bos (Poephagus) grunniens.
black of the pure-bred and wild animal. None of such half-breeds can compare with the magnificent half-tamed animals kept by the natives of the elevated Rupsu
plateau
 , S. of the Indus, where they afford the only means of transport by this route between Ladak andIndia. But even these are inferior to the wild yak, which stands nearly 6 ft. at the
shoulder
 , and is absolutely confined to the arid central plateau of Tibet. Yak have the
great
  disadvantage that they will not eat corn, and the large pure-bred animals will not live at low elevations. The tails are used in India as fly-whisks, under the name of chowris. The title of " grunting ox " properly belongs only to the domesticated breed.


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