Domesticated yaks (Bos Grunniens or the grunting ox) are thought to have been domesticated by Qiang herdsmen on the Tibetan (Qinghai) Plateau around 4,500 years ago. The Tibetan culture of the Himalayan Plateau is intertwined with yak just as Native American Plains Indian culture is intertwined with the American Bison.
Zebras are a keystone species in the Kalahari; they are a source of food both for predators such as lions and for scavengers such as brown hyenas and whitebacked vultures. Shown here are birds surveying an injured animal on the Makgadikgadi grasslands. (Adrian Bailey).
It might seem like a zebra is a zebra, but there are three different species: plains, mountain, and Grevyâs zebras. Different zebra species have different types of stripes, from narrow to wide. In fact, the further south on the African plains you travel, the farther apart the stripes on the zebras get!lains zebras, which are the most abundant of the three zebra species, are found from the grasslands of East Africa to the scrubby woodlands of southern Africa. They are one of Africaâs most successful and adaptable large herbivores.