Camelus bactrianus Linnaeus, 1758

Peter Grubb, 1993, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 377-414 : 381

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scientific name	Camelus bactrianus Linnaeus, 1758
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Camelus bactrianus Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:65 View Cited Treatment .

TYPE LOCALITY: "Bactria" (= Uzbekistan, Bokhara) (domesticated stock) .

DISTRIBUTION: Exists in the wild only in SW Mongolia, Kansu, Tsinghai, and Sinkiang ( China); domesticated in Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, north to Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and China.

STATUS: U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Vulnerable.

SYNONYMS: ferus .

COMMENTS: Includes ferus Przewalski, 1883 , based on wild specimen; bactrianus Linnaeus, 1758 , has priority. Produces fertile hybrids with dromedarius . Though their distributions merge, breeding is regulated (as all individuals are domesticated in the zone of contact). Corbet (1978c:197), citing A.P. Gray (1954), stated that male hybrids are sterile.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Camelidae
Genus	Camelus