The Tibetan plateau of steppe, alpine tundra and ice desert between 4,300 and 5,200m. China, India and possibly Bhutan. SIZE Head and body length up to 325cm. Shoulder height may be over 200cm.
Females only weigh about a third as much.
The Yak stays at high areas with permanent snow during the relatively warm months of August and September and spends the rest of the year at lower elevations. Females and young congregate in herds, adult males spend most of the year in groups of up to 12 animals. Births occur in June, a single calf is born every other year. Yak herds travel on snow in single file carefully stepping on imprints left by the leader. As present but at much higher population densities.