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Bos grunniens (yak; grunting ox)

Wikipedia Abstract

The yak, Bos grunniens or Bos mutus, is a long-haired bovine found throughout the Himalayan region of south Central Asia, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Russia. In addition to a large domestic population, there is a small, vulnerable wild yak population. In the 1990s, a concerted effort was undertaken to help save the wild yak population.
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Infraspecies

Bos grunniens grunniens (Domestic yak)
Bos grunniens mutus (wild yak)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
42
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 6.99
EDGE Score: 3.46
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1,470.49 lbs (667.00 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  39.68 lbs (18.00 kg)
Female Maturity [1]  2 years
Male Maturity [1]  2 years
Diet [2]  Herbivore
Gestation [1]  9 months 4 days
Litter Size [1]  1
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [1]  26 years
Weaning [1]  7 months 18 days

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Map Climate Land
Use
Central Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe China Palearctic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
North Tibetan Plateau-Kunlun Mountains alpine desert China Palearctic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Nujiang Langcang Gorge alpine conifer and mixed forests China Palearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Qaidam Basin semi-desert China Palearctic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Qilian Mountains subalpine meadows China Palearctic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Southeast Tibet shrub and meadows China Palearctic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Taklimakan desert China Palearctic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Tarim Basin deciduous forests and steppe China Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Tibetan Plateau alpine shrub and meadows China Palearctic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Yarlung Tsangpo arid steppe China Palearctic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Ajar Valley Wildlife Sanctuary Wildlife Reserve IV 158064 Afghanistan  
Mount Everest (Sagarmatha) National Park II 275416 Nepal

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website Map
Mountains of Southwest China China, Myanmar No

Predators

Uncia uncia (Snow leopard)[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Bunostomum phlebotomum[4]
Capillaria bovis[4]
Cotylophoron cotylophorum <Unverified Name>[4]
Dicrocoelium dendriticum (Lancet liver fluke)[4]
Dorcadia ioffi[5]
Echinococcus granulosus[4]
Explanatum explanatum <Unverified Name>[4]
Fasciola gigantica[4]
Fascioloides magna (giant liver fluke)[4]
Fischoederius cobboldi <Unverified Name>[4]
Gastrothylax crumenifer <Unverified Name>[4]
Mecistocirrus digitatus <Unverified Name>[4]
Paramphistomum cervi[4]
Taenia multiceps <Unverified Name>[4]
Trichostrongylus qinghaiensis <Unverified Name>[4]
Trichuris globulosa[4]
Vermipsylla alakurt[5]
Vermipsylla parallela[5]
Vermipsylla parallela parallela[5]

Institutions (Zoos, etc.)

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Institution Infraspecies / Breed 
African Safarigrunniens
Almaty State Zoo of Kazakhstan
Badoca Safari Park
Bowmanville Zoological Park
Denver Zoological Gardensgrunniens
Detroit Zoological Societygrunniens
DSI Givskud Zoogrunniens
Granby Zoo / Zoo de Granbygrunniens
Greater Vancouver Zoogrunniens
Highland Wildlife Park
Himalayan Zoological Park (Sikkim Zoo)grunniens
Joboland Brandesgardshaven
Jyllands Park Zoogrunniens
Kaliningrad Zoo
Kazan Zoological & Botanical Gardengrunniens
Knuthenborg Safaripark
 grunniens
Kolmardens Djurpark AB
Le Pal, Parc Animalier
Lee Richardson Zoogrunniens
Münchener Tierpark Hellabrunngrunniens
Menagerie du Jardin des Plantesgrunniens
Miejski Ogrod Zoologiczny Warsaw
 grunniens
Miejski Ogrod Zoologiczny Wybrzeza
 grunniens
Monde Sauvage Safari SPRL
 mutus
Moscow Zoological Parkgrunniens
Municipal Independent Org. Roev Rucheimutus
Nikolaev Zoo of Nikolaev-City Council
Noah's Ark Zoo Farmgrunniens
Novosibirsk Zoological Parkmutus
Nyíregyházi Állatpark Nonprofit KFTgrunniens domestic
Ouwehand Zoogrunniens
Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zool. Park
Parc Safari / F.A.P.S.grunniens
Parque de la Naturaleza de Cabarceno
Patronato del Parque Zoologico de Leon
Permskii Zoologicheskii Sadgrunniens
Planete Sauvage
Podkrusnohorsky Zoopark Chomutov
Potter Park Zoological Gardensgrunniens
Riga Zoogrunniens
Riverview Park & Zoogrunniens
Rostock Zoologischer Gartengrunniens
Safaripark Beekse Bergengrunniens
San Diego Zoogrunniens
Sedgwick County Zoogrunniens
Tallinn Zoogrunniens
Tautphaus Park Zoo
Tbilisi Zoo
Terra Natura S.A.
Thuringer Zoopark Erfurtgrunniens domestic
Tierpark Berlin-Friedrichsfelde GmbHgrunniens
Toronto Zoogrunniens
Trotter's World of Animalsgrunniens
Turtle Back Zoogrunniens
Utica Zoo
Virginia Safari Park & Preserv Ctr,Inc
West Midland Safari & Leisure Park Ltd
Whipsnade Wild Animal Parkgrunniens
Wild Animal Park Mechelen Planckendaelgrunniens
Wildlife Safari Inc
Zoo Aquarium de Madrid (GRPR)grunniens
Zoo New England, Stone Zoogrunniens
Zoo Safari Swierkocin
Zoo Sauvage de St-Félicien
Zoologicka Zahrada Bratislavamutus
Zoologicka Zahrada Kosicegrunniens
Zoologicka Zahrada Mesta Brnagrunniens
Zoologischer Garten Halle GmbHgrunniens
Zoologischer Garten Saarbrueckengrunniens domestic

Distribution

Southern Asia;

External References

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Citations

Species recognized by Grubb P., 22-Apr-2004, ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774 ♦ 2Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org ♦ 3RUKHSANA KHATOON, (2010) DIET SELECTION OF SNOW LEOPARD (Uncia uncia) IN CHITRAL AREA Master of Philosophy Thesis, Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan ♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London ♦ 5International Flea Database
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 gis.wwfus.org/wildfinder
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Biodiversity Hotspots, Conservation International
Images provided by Google Image Search
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
EDGE analysis provided by EDGE of Existence programme, Zoological Society of London
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access
Institution information provided by International Species Information System - May 2011