yakow
(most common name in English)

A yakow is 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 domestic cattle.

The following more commonly found names during research are in bold (i.e. darker, heavier text).

CHINA
(local/other name):
• ah gohr (backcross to yak ♂︎)
• galiba (backcross to yak ♂︎)
local/other name (Chinese):
• pian niu
• p’ien niu (Chinese romanized according to Wades-Giles system)
• pien niu
• pian
(local/other name - Tibet):
• dridzo (F₁ of yak ♂︎ × domestic ♀︎)
• dzo
• dzobo (sterile ♂︎ dzo)
• dzomo (♀︎ dzo)
• dzoz
• je
• jommu (♀︎ dzo)
• jum (♀︎ dzo)
• mdzo
• pandzo (F₁ of domestic ♂︎ × yak ♀︎)
• zhum (♀︎ dzo)
• zo
• zomo (♀︎ dzo)
• zum (♀︎ dzo)
local/other name (Tibetan):
• mdzo-mo (♀︎ dzo)
• mdzo-po (sterile ♂︎ dzo)

INDIA
(local/other name - Assam):
• pamjommu (F₁ of yak ♂︎ × domestic ♀︎)
Assam, a state in Northeast India, is situated south of the eastern Himalayas.

MONGOLIA
local/other name (Mongolian):
• bark
• hainag
• khainag
• khajnyk
• maran-hainag (F₁ of yak ♂︎ × domestic ♀︎)
• orton
• saran-hainag (F₁ of domestic ♂︎ × yak ♀︎)

NEPAL
(local/other name):
• cãuri (♀︎ offspring of yak ♂︎ × domestic ♀︎)
• chaunri (♀︎ offspring of yak ♂︎ × domestic ♀︎, including reciprocal crosses and backcrosses to yak)
• chowri (♀︎ offspring of yak ♂︎ × domestic ♀︎, including reciprocal crosses and backcrosses to yak)
• churi (♀︎ offspring of yak ♂︎ × domestic ♀︎, including reciprocal crosses and backcrosses to yak)
• bhotey
• bhotea
• bhotia
• dhimjo (F₁ of domestic ♂︎ × yak ♀︎)
• dimdzo (F₁ of domestic ♂︎ × yak ♀︎)
• dimjo (F₁ of domestic ♂︎ × yak ♀︎)
• dimschu (F₁ of domestic ♂︎ × yak ♀︎)
• dzopho (sterile ♂︎ dzo)
• dzopkhyo (sterile ♂︎ dzo)
• jhopke (sterile ♂︎ dzo)
• joppa (sterile ♂︎ dzo)
• rongpalang (♂︎ offspring of yak ♂︎ × zebu ♀︎)
• shamdzo (♀︎ offspring of yak ♂︎ × zebu ♀︎)
• tsauri (♀︎ offspring of yak ♂︎ × domestic ♀︎, including reciprocal crosses and backcrosses to yak)
• urang (F₁ of yak ♂︎ × domestic ♀︎)
local/other name (Nepali):
• chauri (yak ♂︎ × zebu ♀︎, including reciprocal crosses and backcrosses to yak)
• dzopkhyo (sterile ♂︎ dzo)
• jhopke (sterile ♂︎ dzo)
• joppa (sterile ♂︎ dzo)
• zebkyo (sterile ♂︎ dzo)
• zhopkyo (sterile ♂︎ dzo)
• zopkio (sterile ♂︎ dzo)

RUSSIA
local/other name (Russian):
• ago (backcross to yak ♂︎)
• haĭnyk
• hanik

(Chinese) pian niu = inclined cattle
(Mongolian) maran-hainag = sun yak
(Mongolian) saran-hainag = moon yak
(Nepali) cãvar = tail
(Nepali) bhotea = Tibetan
(Nepali) bhotey = Tibetan
(Russian) haĭnyk = yak

This page was last updated on: 2023-05-21

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