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A camel (from Latin: camelus and Greek: κάμηλος (kamēlos) from Ancient Semitic: gāmāl[ 7 ][ 8 ]) is an even-toed ungulate in the genus Camelus that bears distinctive fatty deposits known as "humps" on its back. Camels have long been domesticated and, as livestock, they provide food (camel milk and meat) and textiles (fiber and felt ...
The dromedary (Camelus dromedarius UK: / ˈdrʌmɪdəri, ˈdrɒm -/ or US: /- ˌdɛri /; [2][3]), also known as the dromedary camel, Arabian camel, [4] or one-humped camel, is a large camel, of the genus Camelus, with one hump on its back. It is the tallest of the three species of camel; adult males stand 1.8–2.4 m (5 ft 11 in – 7 ft 10 in ...
Guanaco. The guanaco (/ ɡwɑːˈnɑːkoʊ / ghwuah-NAH-koh; [3] Lama guanicoe) is a camelid native to South America, closely related to the llama. Guanacos are one of two wild South American camelids; the other species is the vicuña, which lives at higher elevations.
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]
The parents asked their kids to create a bucket list of things they wanted to see and do, which included watching a desert sunset, drinking juice while riding a camel, riding horseback in Mongolia ...
Bactrian camels, whether domesticated or feral, are a separate species from the wild Bactrian camel, 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 camels, with the two species having split around 1 million years ago.
Australian feral camels are introduced populations of dromedary, or one-humped, camel (Camelus dromedarius —from North Africa, the Middle East, and the Indian Subcontinent). Imported as valuable beasts of burden from British India and Afghanistan [1] during the 19th century (for transport and sustenance during the exploration and colonisation ...
Camelops is an extinct genus of camel that lived in North and Central America, ranging from Alaska to Honduras, [ 1 ] from the middle Pliocene to the end of the Pleistocene. It is more closely related to living camels than to lamines (llamas, alpacas, vicuñas, and guanacos), making it a true camel of the Camelini tribe. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Its name is derived from the Ancient Greek κάμηλος ...