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Yakalo

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Kingdom
  
Family
  
Genus
  
Oxen

Order
  
Even-toed ungulate

Class
  
Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Hybrid

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Species
  
Bos grunniens × Bison bison

Similar
  
Żubroń, Pumapard, American bison, Motty, Wholphin

Yakalo meaning


The yakalo is a cross of the yak (Bos grunniens) and the American bison (Bison bison, known as a buffalo in North America). It was produced by hybridisation experiments in the 1920s, when crosses were made between yak bulls and both pure bison cows and bison-cattle hybrid cows. As with many other inter-specific crosses, only female hybrids were found to be fertile (Haldane's rule). Few of the hybrids survived, and the experiments were discontinued in 1928.

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Yakalo Wikipedia