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3 breeds found.

Yakutsk, Russia

Losar and the yak dance Day
Yak Concept

🇲🇳 Mongolia and 4 moreYakགཡག་ A shaggy, cold-hardy highland bovine kept across the Himalayas and Tibetan PlateauYak · Triple-purpose · Cold-hardy

🇨🇳 China and 2 moreWild yak A massive, shaggy wild bovine native to the high plateaux and peaks of the HimalayasYak · Beef · Cold-hardy

🇲🇳 MongoliaDzoམཛོ་ A yak-cow hybrid from Tibet and Mongolia, bigger than either parentYak · Dairy

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The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Yak: 4028mdk09, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Wild yak: Jim, the Photographer, CC BY 2.0, source
Dzo: Markrosenrosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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