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  2. That’s not my name: confusing wild and Bactrian camels ‘masks ...

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    The wild camel is not a feral version of the domestic Bactrian, but is a separate species close to extinction, the study led by ZSL (Zoological Society London), the Wild Camel Protection ...

  3. Bactrian camel - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Camelidae - Wikipedia

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    Dromedary camels, bactrian camels, llamas, and alpacas are all induced ovulators. [8] The three Afro-Asian camel species have developed extensive adaptations to their lives in harsh, near-waterless environments. Wild populations of the Bactrian camel are even able to drink brackish water, and some herds live in nuclear test areas. [9]

  5. Wild Bactrian camel - Wikipedia

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    The wool of the wild Bactrian camel is always sandy coloured and shorter and sparser than that of domestic Bactrian camels. [19] [21] The wild Bactrian camel can also survive on water saltier than seawater, something which probably no other mammal in the world can tolerate – including the domesticated Bactrian camel. [22]

  6. List of domesticated animals - Wikipedia

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    Fairly common in captivity; threatened in the wild 1b Bovidae: Domestic Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) Wild Bactrian camel (Camelus ferus) 2500 BCE Central Asia (Afghanistan) meat, milk, hair, dung, pack, mount, show, pets Tame, few physical changes Moderately common in captivity, critically endangered in the wild 1a Artiodactyla except ...

  7. Camel - Wikipedia

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    The Bactrian camel is, as of 2010, reduced to an estimated 1.4 million animals, most of which are domesticated. [42] [155] [163] The Wild Bactrian camel is the only truly wild (as opposed to feral) camel in the world. It is a distinct species that is not ancestral to the domestic Bactrian camel.

  8. Australian feral camel - Wikipedia

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    This continued until at least the late 1960s. A documentary film, Camels and the Pitjantjara, made by Roger Sandall, shot in 1968 and released in 1969, follows a group of Pitjantjara men who travel out from their base at Areyonga Settlement to capture a wild camel, tame it, and add it to their domestic herds. They then use camels to help ...

  9. Wild Video Shows Camel Breaking Loose at Cedar Point ...

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    The social media user recorded one of the camels bucking and charging near guests. Thankfully it seems like the animal didn't hit anyone, but it came very close. The camel then walked up and down ...