dzo
(most common name)

A dzo is a yakow — a yak-cattle hybrid. F₁ females are fertile; F₁ males are sterile. To start the lactation of hybrid cows, backcrossing is practiced on yak cattle or cattle.

(local/other name):
• bhotey (= Tibetan, Nepal)
• bhotea (= Tibetan, Nepal)
• dzoz
• haĭnyk (Russia)
• hanik (Russia)
• hainag (= yak, Mongolia)
• je
• khainag (= yak, Mongolia)
• mdzo (Tibet)
• pian niu (= inclined cattle, China)
• p’ien niu (Wade–Giles Chinese)
• zo

(local/other name - F₁ of yak ♂︎ × domestic ♀︎):
• dridzo (Tibet)
• maran-hainag (= sun yak, Mongolia)
• pamjommu (Assam, India)
• urang (Nepal)

(local/other name - F₁ of domestic ♂︎ × yak ♀︎):
• dhimjo (Nepal)
• dimdzo (Nepal)
• dimjo (Nepal)
• dimschu (Nepal)
• pandzo (Tibet)
• saran-hainag (= moon yak, Mongolia)

(local/other name - backcross to yak ♂︎):
• ah gohr (China)
• galiba (China)
• ago (Russia)

(local/other name - sterile ♂︎ dzo):
• dzobo (Tibet)
• mdzo-po (Tibet)
• dzopho (Nepal)
• dzopkhyo (Nepal)
• jhopke (Nepal)
• joppa (Nepal)
• zebkyo (Nepal)
• zhopkyo (Nepal)
• zopkio (Nepal)

(local/other name - ♀︎ dzo):
• dzomo (Tibet)
• mdzo-mo (Tibet)
• chauri (Tibet)
• jommu (Tibet)
• jum (Tibet)
• zhum (Tibet)
• zomo (Tibet)
• zum (Tibet)

This page was last updated on: 2023-06-11

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