📸 PhotoPhoto: Jim, the Photographer · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Wild Yak
Bos mutus (Wild Yak · ヤク)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Domestic yaks carry loads at high altitudes, their milk is made into butter and cheese, their hair is used for clothing, blankets, and tents, and their dung is burned as fuel.
- 💡 The average wild male weight of about 1,000 kg is roughly the weight of a compact car (Comparison).
- 💡 Its maximum body length of 3.25 m is about three-fourths (3/4) the length of a passenger car (about 4.5 m) (Comparison).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The wild yak is a wild bovine living at high elevations on the Tibetan Plateau and is the wild ancestor of the domestic yak.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
It has long blackish-brown hair and large, upward-curving black horns, and survives in low-oxygen environments thanks to its large lungs and high counts of red blood cells and hemoglobin.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It feeds on low grasses, grass-like plants, mosses, and lichens. Mating takes place in autumn, and after a gestation of about 9 months, females usually give birth to a single calf in June.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List category VU — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • mammaldiversity.org — 1006264
- • iucnredlist.org — 2892
- • wikidata.org — Q26547
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Wild Yak Stuffed.jpg
- • animaldiversity.org — Bos grunniens
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Zimices · CC BY 3.0 (Congeneric silhouette — Bos etruscus)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.