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Camel milk is a staple food of desert nomad tribes and is sometimes considered a meal itself; a nomad can live on only camel milk for almost a month. [19] [39] [124] [125] Camel milk can readily be made into yogurt, but can only be made into butter if it is soured first, churned, and a clarifying agent is then added. [19]
Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) Central and Inner Asia (entirely domesticated) 300 to 1,000 kg (660 to 2,200 lb) Dromedary or Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius) South Asia and Middle East (entirely domesticated) 300 to 600 kg (660 to 1,320 lb) Wild Bactrian camel (Camelus ferus) China and Mongolia 300 to 820 kg (660 to 1,800 lb) Lama: Llama
The Bactrian camel shares the genus Camelus with the dromedary (C. dromedarius) and the wild Bactrian camel (C. ferus).The Bactrian camel belongs to the family Camelidae. [1] [5] The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle was the first European to describe the camels: in his 4th century BCE History of Animals, he identified the one-humped Arabian camel and the two-humped Bactrian camel.
The common name "dromedary" comes from the Old French dromedaire or the Late Latin dromedarius.These originated from the Greek word dromas, δρομάς (ο, η) (GEN (γενική) dromados, δρομάδος), meaning "running" or "runner", [5] [6] used in Greek in the combination δρομάς κάμηλος (dromas kamelos), literally "running camel", to refer to the dromedary.
Common name Scientific name Life span Adult weight Height at shoulder Length of fur Load-bearing capacity Dromedary camel: Camelus dromedarius: 40–50 years 450–690 kg (990–1,520 lb) 180–240 cm (5.9–7.9 ft) 7.5–10 cm (3.0–3.9 in) 150–230 kg (330–510 lb) Bactrian camel: Camelus bactrianus: 40–50 years
The name ferus means "feral" or "wild" and is a common subspecies name for the wild ancestors of previously described domestic species. Later research recognised the domestic C. bactrianus as a separate, sister species to the wild Bactrian, elevating the subspecies C. bactrianus ferus to full species level as C. ferus .
Camelops hesternus was a large camel with a bodyform similar to a living dromedary, reaching a shoulder height of 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in) [11] with body mass estimates ranging from 437 kilograms (963 lb) [12] to 826 kilograms (1,821 lb), [13] to around 1,000 kilograms (2,200 lb), [11] though the size of the species was variable, with individuals ...
Solifugae is an order of arachnids known variously as solifuges, sun spiders, camel spiders, and wind scorpions. The order includes more than 1,000 described species in about 147 genera . Despite the common names, they are neither true scorpions (order Scorpiones) nor true spiders (order Araneae ).