The Yak
Bos mutus is the name of the native Yak of the Tibetan plateau. The genera Bos is used for cattle of one sort or another, e.g. Bison.
In the Tibetan language, yak is pronounced as "yag"; although in that form, it usually applies to the yak bull - with dri the equivalent Tibetan term for the female yak. Other languages follow this name closely. This use of the same name in numerous languages is considered unusual.
a long haired tibetan ox is called an yak.
Yaks are called yaks because they are derived from the Tibetan word gyag which sounds like "yak" in the English language, and thus is a borrowed word for most languages for both sexes of this bovine-related species. Yak in Tibetan is a word for the male of this species, whereas the female is known as a dri or nak.
The Yak
In the Tibetan language, yak is pronounced as "yag"; although in that form, it usually applies to the yak bull - with dri the equivalent Tibetan term for the female yak. Other languages follow this name closely. This use of the same name in numerous languages is considered unusual.
The word "yak" comes from Tibetan.
The yak would stomp or crush the tibetan wolf to death.
The name Yak, which derives from the Tibetan language, is also used in all other languages as a name for this animal
The Tibetan Wolf.
Bos mutus is the name of the native Yak of the Tibetan plateau. The genera Bos is used for cattle of one sort or another, e.g. Bison.
Humans and the Tibetan Wolf
On the Tibetan Plateau
In the Tibetan language, yak is pronounced as "yag"; although in that form, it usually applies to the yak bull - with dri the equivalent Tibetan term for the female yak. Other languages follow this name closely. This use of the same name in numerous languages is considered unusual.
a long haired tibetan ox is called an yak.
The Tibetan Wolf.