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SpeciesArtiodactylaBovidae
Mammals

🐃Wild yak

Bos mutus (Przewalski, 1883)

Jak eller grymtoxe (Bos mutus och Bos grunniens) är ett långhårigt oxdjur som förekommer i områden kring Himalaya, och på den Tibetanska högplatån så långt norrut som Mongoliet och Ryssland. Flertalet tillhör den domesticerade formen Bos grunniens, men det finns också en liten sårbar vild population Bos mutus.

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≈ 9.4× your weight
Also called
Bos mutus, Yak
Conservation status
VUVulnerable

IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
584 kg
Body length
3.25 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
26 years
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Everything we know about the Wild yak

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Body mass
584 kg
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Body length
3.25 m
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Maximum lifespan
26 years
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Generation length
9.99 years
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Age at maturity
2.1 years
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Gestation
272 days
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Litter size
1
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Trophic level
Herbivore
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Activity cycle
Diurnal
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Population density
1.05 per km²
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Volume l
584 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Wild yak yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderArtiodactyla
  5. ›familyBovidae
  6. ›genusBos
  7. ›speciesBos grunniens
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
  3. familyBovidae
  4. subfamilyBovinae
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderLaurasiatheria
  11. orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
  12. suborderRuminantia
  13. infraorderPecora
  14. familyBovidae
  15. subfamilyBovinae
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Closest relative on this site
🐃 Domestic yak — last shared an ancestor ≈ 1.2 million years ago.
What it eats
leaves, roots and other plants100%
In other languages
Yak (de), 野牦牛 (zh), jak zwyczajny (pl), Bos mutus (es), vadjak (hu), Βους ο βουβός (el) … and 28 more languages
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