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).
Equus grevyi can be found in the plains and are larger type zebras. They have many more strips than the smaller zebras. The plains zebras are the most common type of zebra. So the zebraâs habitat has a lot to do with their size and health. Zebras can live anywhere from twenty to thirty years in the wild.Because the zebras all migrate they have longer legs and hard hooves.earning about a Zebraâs Habitat. To learn about a zebra it helps to know about the zebraâs habitat. Where these horse like animals thrive and flourish, gives us a peek into how they live and survive.