Wild Yak
Wild Yak. The wild yak was the once numerous and widespread on the entire Tibetan plateau north of the Himalayas, in central China, India, Bhutan, and Nepal.
students.ncwc.edu/bio401/2002/veterinarian/wild_yak.htm

ADW: Bos grunniens: Information
Wild yak males can be up to 3,250 mm in length and more than 2,000 mm in height. Average weight for male B. grunniens is 1,000 kg with the female being around 300 kg (Nowak, 1999).
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Bos_grunniens.html

National Park
Wild Yak (Bos grunniens)
students.ncwc.edu/bio401/2002/veterinarian

Past, Present & Future: Rangelands inChina
In addition to argali and wild yak, wild ungulates present include Tibetan wild ass, blue sheep, and Tibetan and goitered gazelle. Predators include wolves, Eurasian lynx, dholes
www.cwru.edu/affil/tibet/booksAndPapers/Beduna.pdf

George B. Schaller: Wildlife of the Tibetan Steppe
The Chang Tang, the vast, remote Tibetan steppe, is home to a unique assemblage of large mammals, including Tibetan antelope, gazelle, argali sheep, wild ass, wild yak, wolves
www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/13457.ctl

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Wild yak, Bharal (blue) sheep, Musk deer, Tibetan antelope, Tibetan gazelle, Kyang (wild ass), Pica: Typical Birds: Black necked crane, Lammergeier, Great
www.jmu.edu/orgs/tibet/tibetfacts.html

Grasslands and Grassland Sciences in Northern China
The goitered gazelle, wild ass, wild yak, and Tibetan antelope have declined to a fraction of their former numbers. The reduction in the number of ungulates in China, as well as
www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=1942&page=193

Little Known Asian Animals With a Promising Economic Future: Part I ...
The wild yak lives in desolate mountain areas at altitudes of 4,000-6,000 m. Its habitat is the alpine tundra and the cold desert regions of the northern part of the Tibetan plateau
diglib.lib.auburn.edu/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?e=d-000-00---0demo--00-0-0--0prompt-10---4...

Known in conservation as large-scale biological phenomen
Distribution, status, and conservation of wild yak ( Bos grunniens ). Biological Conservation 76(1): 1-8. Schaller, G.B. 2000. Wildlife conservation in the Chang Tang reserve in
www.case.edu/affil/tibet/tibetanNomads/documents/NewFox_et_al_-_In_press_-_JIATS.pdf

Tibetan antelope and new rangeland management
Wild yak numbers within the basin have apparently decreased from the 680-750 seen in 1990 (Schaller 1998) to at most 150 and usually less today.
www.case.edu/affil/tibet/tibetanNomads/documents/Tibetan_antelope-fencing_report_to...