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Camelus

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Camelus
genus of two-toed ungulates in the family Camelidae. Includes C. bactrianus (bactrian camel), C. dromedarius (dromedary, one-humped or Arabian camel).


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Only 1,500 to 3,000 of the enigmatic Camelus bactrianus roam Mongolia and China.
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These expeditions were primarily concerned with tracking down the mysterious, wild Bactrian camel Camelus bactrianus ferus which lives in the heartland of the desert and is the ancestor of all domestic Bactrian stock.
 
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