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Yaks, Yak or Jak (Bos grunniens)

The Yak or Jak (Angry bull) is a type of cattle, which is widely distributed in Central Asia.

The bull of a yak can reach lengths of a trunk and a head to 3,25 m, height of forward shoulders to 2 m and weight in one ton. It is much less than cow, easier also weigh more than 350 kg.

The Bulls have a Hausyaks withers from 1.12 to 1.80 m, the cows are 1.07 to 1.12 m slightly smaller. Bulls reach a weight of 700 kg, the cows are 250 to 350 kg in weight.

Domestic yaki is monochromatic, of various colors are brown and black and red, white or spotted yaks. Horn bulls have a length of almost 1 m, and the outward and upward, and the cows are much smaller and shaped more wrong.