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How many babies does a Domestic yak have at once? (litter size)

How many baby Domestic yaks are in a litter?

A Domestic yak (Bos grunniens) usually gives birth to around 1 babies.With 1 litters per year, that sums up to a yearly offspring of 1 babies.

Each of those little ones spend around 273 days as a fetus before they are released into the wild. Upon birth, they weight 23.04 kg (50.79 lbs) and measure 5.2 cm (0′ 3″). They are a member of the Bovidae family (genus: Bos). An adult Domestic yak grows up to a size of 2.7 meter (8′ 11″).

To have a reference: Humans obviously usually have a litter size of one ;). Their babies are in the womb of their mother for 280 days (40 weeks) and reach an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). They weight in at 62 kg (137 lbs), which is obviously highly individual, and reach an average age of 75 years.

The average litter size of a Domestic yak is 1

The domestic yak (Bos grunniens) is a long-haired domesticated bovid found throughout the Himalayan region of the Indian subcontinent, the Tibetan Plateau, Northern Myanmar, Yunnan, Sichuan and as far north as Mongolia and Siberia. It is descended from the wild yak (Bos mutus).

Other animals of the family Bovidae

Domestic yak is a member of the Bovidae, as are these animals:

Animals that share a litter size with Domestic yak

Those animals also give birth to 1 babies at once:

Animals that get as old as a Domestic yak

Other animals that usually reach the age of 22.25 years:

Animals with the same weight as a Domestic yak

What other animals weight around 500 kg (1102.31 lbs)?