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Yak
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<p>The yak (<i>Bos grunniens</i>), also known as the Tartary ox, grunting ox, hairy cattle, or domestic yak, is a species of long-haired <a href="/facts/Domestication/tWB5s52s">domesticated</a> <a href="/facts/Bos/Sf0kpzfJ">cattle</a> found throughout the <a href="/facts/Himalayas/eRSf0yyE">Himalayan</a> region, the <a href="/facts/Tibetan_Plateau/6qkLjmCg">Tibetan Plateau</a>, <a href="/facts/Tajikistan/xLLXqHEJ">Tajikistan</a>, the <a href="/facts/Pamir_Mountains/v5y6FB2f">Pamir Mountains</a>, and as far north as <a href="/facts/Mongolia/ogQzUcQb">Mongolia</a> and <a href="/facts/Siberia/oaCoPEjF">Siberia</a>. It is descended from the <a href="/facts/Wild_yak/Lbj3Wjam">wild yak</a> (<i>Bos mutus</i>). </p>