YAK  , the See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild (and domesticated) ox of the Tibetan See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau; a See also:

• SPECIES

species nearly allied to the bison See also:

• GROUP

group . The yak, See also:

• BOS, LAMBERT (1670—1717)

Bos (Poephagus) grunniens, is one of the finest and largest of the wild oxen, characterized by the growth of See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long shaggy See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair on the flanks and under parts of the See also:

• BODY

body and the well-known bushy tail . In See also:

• EUROPE

Europe a false impression of the yak is prevalent, owing to the fact that all the specimens imported have belonged either to a small domesticated breed from Darjiling, or to See also:

• HALF

half-breeds; the latter being generally See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black and See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white, instead of the See also:

• UNIFORM

uniform Domesticated Yak, Bos (Poephagus) grunniens . black of the pure-bred and wild See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal . None of such half-breeds can compare with the magnificent half-tamed animals kept by the natives of the elevated Rupsu plateau, S. of the See also:

• INDUS

Indus, where they afford the only means of transport by this route between Ladak and•See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India . But even these are inferior to the wild yak, which stands nearly 6 ft. at the See also:

• SHOULDER (in O.E. sculder, cognate with Ger. Schulter, Dutch schouder, Swed. skuldra, &c; the root is unknown)

shoulder, and is absolutely confined to the arid central plateau of See also:

• TIBET, or THIBET

Tibet . Yak have the See also:

• GREAT

great disadvantage that they will not eat See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn, and the large pure-bred animals will not live at See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low elevations . The tails are used in India as See also:

• FLY (formed on the root of the supposed original Tent. fleugan, to fly)

fly-whisks, under the name of chowris . The See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of " grunting ox " properly belongs only to the domesticated breed .