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{{redirect|Yak|the related species Bos mutus|Wild yak|other uses|Yak (disambiguation)}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Yak
| status = DOM
| image = Bos grunniens at Letdar on Annapurna Circuit.jpg
| image_caption = A yak in the [[Nepal]]ese [[Himalayas]].
| taxon = Bos grunniens
| authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1766
}}

The '''Domestic yak''' ''(Bos grunniens)'', also known as the '''Tartary ox''', '''Grunting ox'''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Scherf |first=Beate |date=2000 |title=World Watch List for Domestic Animal Diversity |url=https://www.fao.org/3/x8750e/x8750e.pdf |journal=World Watch List for Domestic Animal Diversity |publisher=FAO |pages=653}}</ref> or '''Hairy cattle'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/animal/yak|title = Yak | mammal | Britannica}}</ref> is a species of long-haired [[domestication|domesticated]] [[Bos|cattle]] found throughout the [[Himalayas|Himalayan]] region of the [[Indian subcontinent]], the [[Tibetan Plateau]], is a long-haired [[domestication|domesticated]] [[bovid]] found throughout the [[Himalayas|Himalayan]] region of the [[Indian subcontinent]], the [[Tibetan Plateau]] and as far north as [[Mongolia]] and [[Russia]]. It is descended from the [[wild yak]] (''Bos mutus'').<ref name = MSW3>{{MSW3 Artiodactyla | id = 14200680 | page = 691}}</ref>

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[[Category:Bovines|Yak, Domestic]]
[[Category:Domesticated animals]]
[[Category:Symbols of Gilgit–Baltistan]]
[[Category:Mammals of Pakistan|Yak, Domestic]]
[[Category:Mammals of Asia|Yak, Domestic]]

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