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YAK. 



Bos Grunniens. B. cornibus teretibus extroi sum curvatis, velleie 

 propendente, cauda undiquejuhata. Lin, Si/st, Nat. p. 99. 



Ox with cylindric horns curving outwards, very long pendent 

 hair, and extremely villose horse-like tail. 



Bubalus Cauda equina. Pa/l. Act. Pretrop. i. pt. 2. p, 322. 



Le Yak, ou Buffle a queue de Cheval. Bi/Jf. Sonnin. 29. p, 

 22"]. pi. 6. 



Grunting Ox. Pennant Quadr. i.p. 24, pi. 5, 

 Yak of Tartary. Turners Account of an Embassy to Tibet, 

 p. 186. pi. 10. 



This species has been well described by Cap- 

 tain Turner, in his Account of an Embassy to 

 Tibet. 



The Yak of Tartary, called Soora Goy in 

 Hindostan, and which I term the bushy-tailed 

 bull of Tibet, is about the height of an English 

 bull, which he resembles in the general figure of 

 the body, head, and legs. I could discover be- 

 tween them no essential difference, except that 

 the Yak is covered all over with a thick coat of 

 long hair. The head is rather short, crowned 

 with two smooth round horns, which, tapering 

 from the root vipwards, terminate in sharp points : 

 they are arched inwards, bending towards each 

 other, but near the extremities are a little turned 

 back. The ears are small : the forehead appears 

 prominent, being adorned with much curling 

 hair : the eyes are full and large : the nose small 

 and convex : the nostrils small : the neck short, 

 describing a curvature nearly equal both above 



