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牦的读音是máo。
牦牛（学名：Bos mutus或Bos grunniens，英文名称：wild yak），属于哺乳纲、真兽亚纲、偶蹄目、反刍亚目、牛科、牛亚科动物，是以中国青藏高原为中心，及其毗邻高山、亚高山高寒地区的特有珍稀牛种之一，草食性反刍家畜。牦牛能适应高寒气候，是世界上生活在海拔最高处的（除人类外）哺乳动物，分布于中国青藏高原海拔3000米以上地区。
生活习性
牦牛能适应海拔3200～4800米，大气压68420.85～55435.28Pa，氧分压14505.43～11679.01Pa，含氧量14.9%～11.44%的生态环境。其胸廓发达，心肺发育指数大，借以保护胸、腹内脏器官、外生殖器官、乳房及各关节，以防受冻。据测定，在海拔3800米的草甸草场上日放牧9.5h，牦牛日采食鲜草27.86±1.42kg。
镜SHOW公主
The wild yak has a dense undercoat of soft, close-matted hair which is covered by generally dark brown to black outer hair. Its long, shaggy coat reaches almost to the ground. The wild yak can weigh up to 1000 kg (2200 lb) with a shoulder height of over 2 m (6.5'). It occurs in treeless uplands, including plains, hills, and mountains, from as low as 3200 m (10,500') up to the limit of vegetation at about 5400 m (18,000'). It stays in high areas with permanent snow during the warmer months of August and September, and spends the rest of the year at lower elevations. The wild yak grazes on grasses, herbs and lichens. Ordinarily it gathers in groups of 10 - 30 or more, but it may occasionally be observed in large groups of 100 - 200. The wild yak was once numerous and widespread on the entire Tibetan plateau north of the Himalayas. Currently it is found in remote areas of the Tibetan plateau and adjacent highlands, including Gansu Province, China, with a few having been observed in the Chang Chenmo Valley of Ladakh (eastern Kashmir, India). Wild yak distribution is highly clumped, with most animals in widely scattered herds, concentrated in the areas with little disturbance by humans. A survey conducted in 2003 found increasing populations of wild yak compared to previous surveys taken 10 years earlier. Uncontrolled hunting by natives and military personnel is the main reason for the wild yak's decline. Its range has been reduced by more than half during this century. Poaching remains the main current threat. The wild yak has lost most of the best alpine meadow and steppe habitat to pastoralists. Problems are also caused by habitat disturbance, hybridization and competition with domestic yaks, and disease transmitted by domestic yaks.
