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SpeciesArtiodactylaCamelidae
Mammals

🐃Bactrian camel

Camelus bactrianus Linnaeus, 1758

フタコブラクダ(二瘤駱駝)は、ラクダ科ラクダ属の3種の現生種のうち2種。背中の「瘤」が1つのヒトコブラクダに対し瘤が2つあるのが特徴。

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Camelus bactrianus
Conservation status
Not evaluated

The IUCN Red List has not assessed Camelus bactrianus yet.

Key measurements
Body mass
475 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
1.7 m
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
35 years
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Everything we know about the Bactrian camel

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
475 kg
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data quality: high

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Shoulder height
1.7 m1.6–1.8 m · typical rangenot stated
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SDZWA factsheet body-measurements table, shoulder height: '160-180 cm (5.2-5.9 ft)', data attributed to Franklin (2011). Midpoint of the published range. Domestic Bactrian camel.

Source: Franklin 2011, Family Camelidae, in Wilson & Mittermeier (eds), Handbook of the Mammals of the World Vol 2, Lynx Edicions; as compiled in San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Extant Camels factsheet, https://ielc.libguides.com/sdzg/factsheets/extantcamels/characteristics · see citation

Maximum lifespan
35 years
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data quality: high

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Gestation
1.1 years
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Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Litter size
1
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Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Volume l
475 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Bactrian camel yet: body length, top speed, bite force.

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Closest relative on this site
🐃 Dromedary — last shared an ancestor ≈ 2.5 million years ago.
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Ťava dvojhrbá (sk), wielbłąd domowy (pl), Trampeltier (de), çift hörgüçlü deve (tr), baktrisk kamel (sv), kameel (nl) … and 27 more languages
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