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Robert Irwin, Camel (2010), is an examination of both the biology and the cultural significance of camels. Older works that examine the natural history and domestication of camels include Hilde Gauthier-Pilters and Anne Innis Dagg, The Camel, Its Evolution, Ecology, Behavior and Relationship to Man (1981); and Richard W. Bulliet, The Camel and the Wheel (1975, reprinted 1990). Ilse Köhler-Rollefson, Paul Mundy, and Evelyn Mathias, A Field Manual of Camel Diseases: Traditional and Modern Healthcare for the Dromedary (2001); and Murray Fowler, Medicine and Surgery of Camelids, 3rd ed. (2010), are useful resources for veterinarians and livestock owners.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Recent Advances in Camel Immunology. | Sep 12, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Recent Advances in Camel Immunology. | Oct 22, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: International Journal of Research and Innovations in Earth Science - Introduction to Camel Origin, History, Raising, Characteristics, and Wool, Hair and Skin, A Review (PDF). | Jan 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Encyclopaedia Iranica - Camel. | Dec 07, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: International Environment Library Consortium - San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Library - Camels (extant/living species; Camelus spp.): Summary. | Sep 13, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National History Museum - How do camels survive in deserts? | Feb 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Animal Corner - Camels. | Oct 20, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Better Planet Education - Camel - The Bactrian Camel. | Aug 16, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Genetics - From Desert to Medicine: A Review of Camel Genomics and Therapeutic Products. | Jul 05, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Live Science - Camels: Facts, Types and Pictures. | May 01, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Museum and Natural History - Camels. | May 01, 2022 | ||
| Media added. | Jun 01, 2021 | ||
| Added a map of the historical evolution and distribution of camelids. | May 18, 2021 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Apr 29, 2021 | ||
| Added material about camelid evolution. | Apr 28, 2021 | ||
| Bibliography thoroughly revised. | Apr 04, 2018 | ||
| Noted that living camels, genus Camelus, have been divided into three species; that there are 97 breeds of dromedaries (Camelus dromedarius); and that there are roughly 650 adult wild Bactrian camels (Camelus ferus) remaining. | Apr 04, 2018 | ||
| Added three photographs of domesticated dromedaries (Camelus dromedarius). | Apr 04, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cool Kid Facts - Camel Facts. | Oct 11, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Easy Science for Kids - Camel. | Oct 11, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Science Kids - Fun Science and Technology for Kids! - Fun Camel Facts for Kids. | Sep 05, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: OneKind Planet - Camel. | Sep 05, 2016 | ||
| Media added. | Jun 22, 2016 | ||
| Added video. | Feb 12, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: San Diego Zoo Animals and Plants - Camel. | Jun 09, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Camel. | May 30, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Camels. | Jan 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: San Diego Zoo - Camel. | Jan 04, 2013 | ||
| Added photograph. | Sep 09, 2011 | ||
| Geologic time data updated. | Sep 15, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Animal Planet - Camel. | Apr 14, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jul 30, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Do the Humps on Camels Hold Water? | May 27, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Camel. | May 27, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: DesertUSA - The Desert Camel Experiment. | Apr 23, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Animal Corner - Camel. | Feb 07, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Oct 25, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Beringia.Com - Ice Age Yukon and Alaskan Camels. | Jul 10, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: ArabNet - Camels. | Jul 06, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: CamelPhotos - Camel. | Jul 05, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Big Zoo - Camel. | Jul 05, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: National Geographic - The Camels. | Jul 05, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: LookLex Encyclopaedia - Camel. | Jul 05, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Tiger Wildlife Tours India - Indian Camel. | Jul 05, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Wild Life Adventures - Camel. | Jul 05, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Arab Net - Camel. | Jul 05, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Tiviski - Camel. | Jul 05, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 29, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Apr 15, 2004 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 23, 1999 |
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