Yakalo
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A yakalo is a hybrid of a yak and a buffalo.
The bison (American "buffalo") has also been bred with the domestic Tibetan yak to create the yakalo. In Nepal, yak/cattle hybrids are bred using yak bulls with domestic cows or, less often, domestic bulls with yak cows. The yak/cow females are fertile, the males are sterile and the meat is generally considered superior to beef among gourmets. In Nepalese, the hybrid is called a khainag or dzo (male)/dzomo (female). A dzomo crossed with either a domestic bull or yak bull results in an ortoom (three-quarter-bred) and an ortoom crossed with a domestic bull or yak bull results in a usanguzee (one-eighth bred). As a result, many supposedly pure yak and pure cattle probably carry a dash of each other's genetic material.
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