Bos mutus

E813793

Bos mutus is the wild yak, a large long-haired bovine native to the high-altitude regions of the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Bos mutus canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf species ⓘ
wild yak ⓘ
adaptation broad hooves for rough terrain ⓘ
dense underfur ⓘ
large lungs and heart for high altitude ⓘ
thick insulating coat ⓘ
binomialName Bos mutus ⓘ
bodyLength about 2.5–3.3 m ⓘ
bodyMassFemale about 300–400 kg ⓘ
bodyMassMale up to about 1000 kg ⓘ
class Mammalia ⓘ
coat long hair ⓘ
coatColor usually dark brown or black ⓘ
commonName wild yak ⓘ
conservationStatus Vulnerable ⓘ
describedBy Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
describedInYear 1766 ⓘ
diet herbivorous ⓘ
domain Eukaryota ⓘ
linked to: Eukarya
domesticatedRelative domestic yak ⓘ
family Bovidae ⓘ
feedsOn grasses ⓘ
sedges ⓘ
geographicDistribution Bhutan ⓘ
China ⓘ
India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
gestationPeriod about 8–9 months ⓘ
groupName herd ⓘ
habitat alpine meadows ⓘ
cold steppe ⓘ
high-altitude grasslands ⓘ
horns present in both sexes ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
nativeTo Himalayas ⓘ
Qinghai-Tibet Plateau ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan Plateau

Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
offspringPerBirth usually one calf ⓘ
order Artiodactyla ⓘ
parentTaxon Bos ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
relatedTo Bos grunniens ⓘ
reproduction sexual reproduction ⓘ
socialStructure gregarious ⓘ
tailLength about 60–100 cm ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
threat habitat degradation ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
hybridization with domestic yak ⓘ
typicalElevation 3000–6000 m ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bos → includesSpecies → Bos mutus ⓘ
Bos mutus → binomialName → Bos mutus ⓘ