Domestic Yaks Wild Yaks - Description
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Tregellys Fiber Farm
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Wild Yaks are usually black while domestic Yaks come in a variety of colors from dirty white to brown. Adult Yaks reach the length of up to 330 cm, and their shoulder height is about 200 cm. Yaks weigh about 1000 kg. The females are much smaller; they weigh one third as much. Yaks have bushy tails and a long skirt of coarse fiber.
Gestation Period: 257 days.
Life Span: 20-25 years.
Domestic Yaks Wild Yaks - Lifestyle
Wild Yaks stay at high areas during the relatively warm months of August and September and spend the rest of the year at lower elevations. They feed in the morning and evening. Due to the sparseness of vegetation, Yaks have to travel long distances to obtain nourishment. Yaks travel on snow in single file stepping on imprints left by the leader.
Wild Yaks are highly gregarious. Females and youth congregate in large herds while adult males spend most of the year in small groups. The Yak herd is able to defend itself from predators, such as coyotes, bears, and mountain lions. Births occur in June and a single calf is born every other year. Young Yaks become independent after the fist year. Yaks begin breeding at the age of 3-4 years; full size is reached at 6-8 years.
Domestic Yaks Wild Yaks - General Info Links
Animal Info. Wild Yak - Includes information on the wild animal's endangered status.
Cattle Information - Contains links to Yaks' and other cattle's sites.
China Yaks - Overview of their distribution and agricultural use in China.
GeoZoo. Yaks - Contains brief information on Yaks and other oxen.
Oakland Zoo: Tibetan Yak - Presents description, habits, and adaptation of Yaks in the wild.
Reproduction and Conservation of Wild Yaks - Reproductive characteristics, evolution and historical range of wild Yaks.
The Yak - Endangered in the Wild. - World Conservation Monitoring Centre - WCMC/WWF Species Under Threat, presents current statistics on populations of Yaks in the wild.
Tibetan Environment - Contains descriptions of wild Yaks and other rare Tibetan animals.
Ultimate Ungulate Page. Yaks - Quick facts and some candid Yak shots.
Wild Yak - Habitat and conservation problems of wild Yaks are presented.
YAK , Trophy Hunting - Yak trophy hunting tours are offered.
Yak Gallery - Presents Detailed information on Yaks breeding and Yaks photo gallery.
Yak Page - An overview on Domestic Yaks in Northern America.
