It is hard to guess what a Domestic yak weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Domestic yak (Bos grunniens) on average weights 500 kg (1102.31 lbs).
The Domestic yak is from the family Bovidae (genus: Bos). They can live for up to 22.25 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 2.7 meter (8′ 11″). On average, Domestic yaks can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 1.
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
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).
Animals of the same family as a Domestic yak
We found other animals of the Bovidae family:
- Kirk’s dik-dik bringing 4.8 kilos (10.58 lbs) to the scale
- Blue duiker bringing 4.86 kilos (10.71 lbs) to the scale
- Ogilby’s duiker bringing 18.29 kilos (40.32 lbs) to the scale
- Ruwenzori duiker bringing 15 kilos (33.07 lbs) to the scale
- Nyala bringing 87.31 kilos (192.49 lbs) to the scale
- Royal antelope bringing 3.9 kilos (8.6 lbs) to the scale
- Cape grysbok bringing 10.47 kilos (23.08 lbs) to the scale
- Argali bringing 113.67 kilos (250.6 lbs) to the scale
- Grant’s gazelle bringing 55 kilos (121.25 lbs) to the scale
- Bohor reedbuck bringing 43.09 kilos (95 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Domestic yak
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Bos grunniens:
- Pygmy sperm whale with a weight of 431.25 kilos (950.74 lbs)
- Dromedary with a weight of 490.36 kilos (1081.06 lbs)
- Grévy’s zebra with a weight of 405.5 kilos (893.97 lbs)
- West Indian manatee with a weight of 467.16 kilos (1029.91 lbs)
- African buffalo with a weight of 592.83 kilos (1306.96 lbs)
- Horse with a weight of 401.8 kilos (885.82 lbs)
- Moose with a weight of 471.45 kilos (1039.37 lbs)
- Common eland with a weight of 561.8 kilos (1238.56 lbs)
- Plains zebra with a weight of 400 kilos (881.85 lbs)
- Weddell seal with a weight of 400 kilos (881.85 lbs)
Animals with the same litter size as a Domestic yak
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Domestic yak:
- Pel’s pouched bat
- Malagasy civet
- African savanna hare
- Pygmy slow loris
- Barasingha
- Black capuchin
- Brazilian shrew mouse
- Siamang
- Maned sloth
- African bush elephant
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Domestic yak
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Domestic yak:
- Celebes crested macaque with an average maximal age of 18 years
- Sun bear with an average maximal age of 24.75 years
- Western barbastelle with an average maximal age of 21 years
- Indiana bat with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Bharal with an average maximal age of 24 years
- Chamois with an average maximal age of 22 years
- Père David’s deer with an average maximal age of 23.25 years
- Large Indian civet with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Common wallaroo with an average maximal age of 24 years
- Mantled howler with an average maximal age of 25 years