Bactrian camel
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The Bactrian camel, also known as the Mongolian camel, domestic Bactrian camel, two-humped camel or double-humped camel, is a camel native to the steppes of Central Asia. It has two humps on its back,
Camelus bactrianus
Skeleton of a Bactrian camel
Detail of a Bactrian camel's feet
A young calf in western Mongolia
Wild Bactrian camel
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The wild Bactrian camel or simply the wild camel is an endangered species of camel endemic to Northwest China and southwestern Mongolia. It is closely related but not ancestral to the domestic Bactria
Bactrian camel
…and high altitudes, it enabled the travel of caravans on the Silk Road. Bactrian camels, whether domesticated or feral, are a separate species from the wild Bactrian camel (Camelus ferus), which is the only truly wild (as opposed to feral) species of camelid in the Old World. Domestic Bactrian camels do not descend from…
Wild Bactrian camel on road east of Yarkand
Group in Ömnögovi Province, Mongolia
Wild Bactrian camels in the Gobi desert
Wild Bactrian camel on an Uzbek stamp