🦙Wild Bactrian camel
The wild Bactrian camel or simply the wild camel is an endangered species of camel endemic to Northwest China and southwestern Mongolia. It is closely related but not ancestral to the domestic Bactrian camel. Genetic studies have established it as a separate species which is similar to the Bactrian camel about 0.7–1.1 million years ago.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.
- Body mass
- 475 kg
- Body length
- 3.45 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 40 years
Everything we know about the Wild Bactrian camel
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass475 kgCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Body length3.45 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass540 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan40 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length16 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity3.6 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation1.1 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter size1COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleDiurnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density1.5 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l475 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
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 Wild Bactrian camel yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- familyCamelidae
- genusCamelus
All 14 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderTylopoda
- familyCamelidae
- genusCamelus
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