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Camel
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Curtin, Charles B. Department of Biology, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska.
Last reviewed:February 2021
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.104800
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A member of the mammalian family Camelidae in the order Artiodactyla. Camels are even-toed, hoofed mammals (ungulates). There are three extant camel species: the Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus; Fig. 1), the wild Bactrian camel (C. ferus), and the Arabian or dromedary camel (C. dromedarius). Bactrian and Arabian camels species are domesticated. Herds of wild Bactrian camels are still in existence in the Gobi desert in northwestern China and southwestern Mongolia, but these animals are critically endangered. The three species are able to interbreed. See also: Artiodactyla; Domestication; Endangered species; Mammalia
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