Bactrian camel: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Mongolian camel • Camelus bactrianus

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A Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) with two humps stands on grassy open land under a clear blue sky.

World map showing the geographic ranges of camelid species, with color-coded outlines for each: alpaca, llama, guanaco, and vicuna ranges are marked in South America; Arabian camel or dromedary in parts of Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia; domesticated Bactrian camel across Central Asia; and wild Bactrian camel in a small area of East Central Asia. Australia is shaded for introduced dromedaries.

Two young Bactrian camels (Camelus bactrianus) with shaggy coats stand on a snowy winter steppe in Kyrgyzstan near the Kazakhstan border.

Three domesticated Bactrian camels (Camelus bactrianus) with two humps stand on dry grassland in Kyrgyzstan near the Kazakhstan border.

Tourists ride Bactrian camels in a grassy valley with grazing camels in Hundar, Ladakh, India, with rocky mountains in the background.

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