The yak, Bos grunniens, is a domesticated animal found throughout the Himalayas. It is used as a pack animal and is also raised for its milk, meat, and hide. Tibet.

India, Sikkim, Rumtek, Young Buddhist monk wearing prayer beads wrapped around wrist and purple and yellow robes holding unlit yak butter candles.

China, Tibet, Woman in national clothes is carrying a bucket of yaks milk.

China, Tibet, Qinghai, General view of the high altitude Qingzhenxiang city.

China, Tibet, Young woman from a Tibetan nomad family on a highland pasture near family tent.

Nepal, Upper Mustang, Yak mother suckle a baby in a high altitude nomad camp in a mountain valley near Lo Manthang.

Nepal, Upper Mustang, Close up view of a yak on a green high mountain pasture.

Nepal, Upper Mustang, Yak mother and a baby, in a high-altitude nomad camp in a mountain valley near Lo Manthang.

Nepal, Sagarmatha National Park, Dingboche, Man and woman ploughing a potato field below mountain peak of Ama Dablam with stone built home and animal shelter.

China, Yunnan Province, Lijiang, Yulong Xue Shan Mountain range, also known as Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, from Yak Meadow.

China, Yunnan Province, Lijiang, Yulong Xue Shan Mountain, also known as Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, from Yak Meadow viewpoint.

Digging potatoes using pair of dzo a hybrid of a yak and a domestic cow to pull plough. Women and children waiting behind plough to collect uncovered potatoes.Asia Asian Bharat Cows Female Farming...