'brong
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འབྲོང
Drong (Lat. Bos grunniens linnaeus), a very large species of wild yak. Solitary males that have left the herd are considered very dangerous. [MR] [RY]
Lat. Bos grunniens linnaeus - Drong, wild yak [RY]
wild (ox, yak), bull?, bos grunniens linnaeus, follow, poephagus grunniens, SA 'brong ba, g.yag, 'brang ba rgod, bos grunniens, wild yak whose heart eliminates provocations of energy [JV]
wild yak [from the N plains] [IW]
wild yak [RY]
(med) Wild Yak (Bos mutus) (Yeshi 2017)
Synonyms : g.yag rgod, ri g.yag (Jam-dpal)
g.yag rgod ni / ri g.yag / 'brong zer / mdo nas 'byung ba glang thug 'dra yang ha cang che zhing stod spom smad snyud spu ring ba rwa nag 'dom gang tsam gyis snod byas pa'o // rgyud las / rgod g.yag rwa yis drod byed skran nad bshig / g.yag rgod khrag dang gtsod khrag 'khru ba gcod // ces so // (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, print 235)
Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (23_042) g.yag rgod (23-110) rgod ces 'brong sha (30_016) g.yag rgod 'brong gi rwa (30_059) g.yag rgod dam 'brong khrag (33_079) rgod g.yag gi rus pa / sha / gre ba / rkang. Jam-dpal (print p 235) g.yag rgod
The wild yak (Bos mutus) is treated as a separate species from the domestic yak (Bos grunniens). Belonging to the genus Bos, Yaks are related to cattle, but may be closer to the bison than other Bos species. The wild Yak is among the largest extant bovid species. Today, wild yaks are found primarily in northern Tibet and western Qinghai, some populations in Ladakh and was recently rediscovered in Humla (Nepal). The primary habitat of wild yaks consists of treeless uplands between 3,000 and 5,500 m (wikipedia). Recently, it has been increasingly confined to the desert steppe for not being disturbed by human activities. The herds are much smaller nowadays. The wild yak, for unknown reasons, will sometimes attack and kill their domesticated counterparts (animaldiversity.org).
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 13:08, 18 February 2024 (EST)