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).
There are three species of zebras: the plains zebra, the Grevy'grÃ©vy s zebra and the mountain. zebrarevy'grÃ©vy s (Zebra equus) grevyi is the largest, type with a, long narrow, head making it appear rather-mule. Like it is an inhabitant of the-semi arid grasslands Of ethiopia and Northern. Kenya'grevy grÃ©vy s zebra is the, rarest species and is classified. as endangered