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Bos mutus  (Przewalski, 1883)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 898261

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Bos grunniens mutus (Przewalski, 1883)
  
    Poephagus mutus Przewalski, 1883
  
  Common Name(s): Wild Yak [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderArtiodactyla Owen, 1848 – artiodactyls, porco do mato, veado, cloven-hoofed ungulates, even-toed ungulates  
                                  FamilyBovidae Gray, 1821 – antelopes, cattle, goats, sheep, bovids  
                                     SubfamilyBovinae Gray, 1821  
                                        GenusBos Linnaeus, 1758 – true cattle, oxen  
                                           SpeciesBos mutus (Przewalski, 1883) – Wild Yak  
       

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  Source: Checklist of CITES Species Part 1 CITES species index, CD-ROM (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: UNEP-WCMC (Comps.) 2011. Checklist of CITES species (CD-ROM). CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland, and UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, United Kingdom. ISBN 2-88323-030-7. Available online at http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/pub/checklist11/index.html or from CITES Secretariat, Chemin des Anémones, 1219 Châtelaine, Genève, Switzerland   
  Reference for: Bos mutus   
       
  Source: Mammal Diversity Database v2.1, database (version 2.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Mammal Diversity Database (04/2025). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 2.1) as of June 2025. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15007505   
  Reference for: Bos mutus, Wild Yak [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gentry, A., J. Clutton-Brock, and C. P. Groves  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: The naming of wild animal species and their domestic derivatives   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 31, issue 5   
  Page(s): 645-651   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0305-4403   
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  Reference for: Bos mutus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service  
  Publication Date: 1974   
  Article/Chapter Title: Taking, Possession, Transportation, Sale, Purchase, Barter, Exportation, and Importation of Wildlife   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Federal Register, vol. 39, no. 3   
  Page(s): 1158-1185   
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Southern Asia  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: US ESA: Listed Endangered as Bos grunniens mutus, included in the U.S. List of Endangered Foreign Fish and Wildlife, as published in Federal Register Volume 39, Number 3, Pages 1158 - 1185, January 04, 1974  
    CITES: Appendix I except for the domesticated form, adopted at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Doha, 2010)  
    Mammal Diversity Database v2.1 (2025) indicates that Bos mutus is the wild form of B. grunniens  
 

 

    

 
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