YAK 277 
YAK (Bos grunniens). 
WEIGHT about 1140 lbs. HEIGHT at shoulder about 54 feet. 
GIRTH round chest behind shoulder, 9 feet 13 inches. LENGTH: 
between horns to root of tail, 8 feet o} inch; tail, 3 feet 23 inches ; 
horns to nose, 1 foot 34 inches (Lieut. H. M. Biddulph). 
A male Yak, measured and shot by Major-General Alexander A. A. 
Kinloch, was 4 feet 10 inches at shoulder. 
Distributicon—The plateau of Tibet, part of the Kansu province 
of China, and Northern Ladak (W. T. Blanford). 
Length on 7: or ee 
outside pee “pte ne Habitat. Owner. 
curve, | 
| | = 
B54 (17 | ror | 31s AE Hume Collection, British 
Museum. 
354 144 17 giey || Iteloystn : . | St. George Littledale. 
34 6 |. a2) | 208 Rian leleadale ae . | Hon, Walter Rothschild. 
| | 
—322 | 16f | 273 262 Do. : . | Lieut. H. M. Biddulph. 
| (spread 
18%) 
B26 ho. mse 154 22} Do. . | H. C. V. Hunter. 
-31g 144 18} ae Chancheimo . . | P. H. G. Powell-Cotton. 
31 14 is or Do. : . | Col. F. C. Lister-Kay. 
