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	Bactrian Camels
		Bactrian camels are native to the cold climates of Central Asia, so they are well adapted for life in Alaska.
		In contrast, Bactrian camels have two humps and are native to the cold, mountain and high desert climates of Central Asia.
		The wild Bactrian camel is endangered due to human impact on their environment, hybridization with domestic camels, sport hunting, predation by desert wolves and destruction of camels due to their competition with livestock herds for limited food resources.
	www.alaskazoo.org /willowcrest/boris.htm (813 words)

	Camel - MSN Encarta
		Camel, large cud-chewing mammal with one or two humps on the back, found in the arid regions of Africa, Asia, and Australia.
		Domesticated Arabian camels are found throughout North Africa and South and Southwest Asia, with the largest populations in Somalia, Sudan, and India.
		Wild Bactrian camels live only in the Gobi Desert of southwestern Mongolia and in the Takla Makan desert and the Lop Nur area of northwestern China.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761553331/Camel.html (585 words)

	All About Camels
		However, in the case of the Bactrian camel, there are a small number of animals (300 to 700) located in a small area in the Trans-Altai Gobi Desert, that are considered a wild population.
		Two closely related types of camel are sometimes confused: the Arabian (or dromedary) camel with 1 hump and the Bactrian camel with 2 humps.
		Domesticated Bactrian camels were found in southern Russia by 1700 to 1200 B.C. and even in western Siberia by the 10th century B.C. They were used in China as early as 300 B.C. as the original "silk route" camels, but were replaced by crossbreeds of the Bactrian/dromedary later on.
	www.marisamontes.com /all_about_camels.htm (2138 words)

	Camels: Evolution And History
		Camels are mentioned several times in the Book of Genesis, particularly in connection with the legendary figure, Abraham, who was supposed to have lived around 1800 BC.
		Bactrian camels, in addition to having two humps, have shaggy coats, and so look larger, sturdier and more handsome than dromedaries, and they must be remarkable to winter in the Mongolian desert, with temperatures dropping to 50 below zero.
		Bactrian camels are so called because they were thought to have originated in Bactria, as Afghanistan was called in ancient times, but it is more likely that they arose, as a separate species, in the locale where they are found today, Mongolia.
	www.useless-knowledge.com /1234/mar/article331.html (914 words)

	Bactrian camel
		Bactrian camels are extremely adept at withstanding wide variations in temperature - from freezing cold to blistering heat.
		The population density of wild Bactrian camels is calculated to be 5 animals per 100 square kilometers.
		The Bactrian camel was domesticated at least 4,500 years ago in, appropriately, Bactria, near what is presently Turkmenia and northern Iran.
	www.ultimateungulate.com /Artiodactyla/Camelus_bactrianus.html (482 words)

	Wild Bactrian camel - Camelus bactrianus: More Information - ARKive
		The two-humped wild Bactrian camel is the ancestor of all domestic camels (3).
		The coat of the wild Bactrian camel tends to be lighter than its domestic relative and is a sandier grey-brown colour (4); it becomes thick and shaggy in winter when temperatures can fall to –30ºC (4), and is lost in big sections as temperatures increase (2).
		Bactrian camels persisted in China even though the Gashun Gobi desert (Lop Nur) was used as a nuclear test site for 45 years (3), today further habitat loss has occurred with the development of a gas pipe-line in the north of the reserve (1) and highly toxic illegal mining (3).
	www.arkive.org /species/GES/mammals/Camelus_bactrianus/more_info.html (843 words)

	Bactrian camel Summary
		The camel was the favorite mount of the Turkish founders of the Seljuk empire (1038–1157), as illustrated by the fact that the Mongolian word for a gelded horse referred to a gelded camel among the Seljuks.
		The Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) is a large even-toed ungulate native to the steppes of eastern Asia.
		A Bactrian camel in the Kyzyl Kum desert in Uzbekistan.
	www.bookrags.com /Bactrian_camel (965 words)

	Bactrian Camels
		Once a year, in the spring bactrian camels shed, by the time fall rolls around the down is all grown back and he has a very warm coat for the winter.
		Bactrian camels live to be about 40 years old, they grow to be between 7 and 8 feet tall measured from their humps down and they weigh between 1,200 to 2,000 lbs.
		Both types of camels were domesticated around 3,500 years ago and in the cultures that they live they are indispensable to the development of the society.
	www.roundbarnmerinos.com /bactrian_camels.htm (467 words)

	Camel Types, Dromedary, Bactrian and Hybrid camels
		Bactrian camels are well suited for cold climates with rugged terrain.
		F1 hybrid camel are half-Dromedary and half-Bactrain cross.
		F1 hybrids are the largest camels and make for good draft animals, They have one large hump on their backs.
	camelphotos.com /DifferentTypesP1.html (203 words)

	Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure
		Bactrian camels are very well adapted to life in the desert.
		Camels have broad feet that are adapted to walking on soft sands.
		Camels also have a see-through third eyelid that can close over their eyes during sandstorms, but still allow them to see where they are going.
	www.rollinghillswildlife.com /animals/c/camelbactrian/index.html (670 words)

	Endangered Wild Camels Need Protection
		Zhou said the camels are found mainly in Lop Nur, the northern foothills of the Altun Mountains and the northern border areas of the Taklimakan Desert in Xinjiang.
		The wild Bactrian camel is the only existing wild species of Camelus Bactrianus in the world and is considered to be the progenitor of the domesticated two-humped camel.
		The wild camel is an alert, timid and fast-running animal with a keen sense of hearing, sight and smell.
	www.china.org.cn /english/2000/Nov/3534.htm (2016 words)

	Sinai: Camels
		Coloration of camels is fawn or beige the coat is smooth and shorter than that of the Bactrian Camel, but equally woolly.
		When water again becomes available, camels are able to restore their body water quickly; Camel, come to terms with the heat by letting their body temperature rise and regulate their heat by losing water through sweating and panting.
		Camels have played an enourmous part in the lives of many people for at least four thousand years, mainly because camels have the ability to live in places where other large animals could not survive.
	www.allsinai.info /sites/fauna/camel.htm (1150 words)

	A Brief History of Camels (Site not responding. Last check: )
		There are two chief kinds of camels: (1) the Arabian camel, also called dromedary, which has one hump, and (2) the Bactrian camel, which has two humps.
		These hybrid camels had one extra-long hump and were larger and stronger than either of their parents.
		The first Bactrian camels probably lived in Mongolia and in Turkestan, which was called Bactria in ancient times.
	camelfarm.com /camels/camels_history.html (454 words)

	Brookfield Zoo \| Field Guide - Bactrian camel
		Bactrian camels walk in a distinctive way, with a swinging stride in which the front and hind legs on each side of their body move in unison.
		Camels have heavy eyelashes, their ears are small and hairy, and their nostrils are slit-like and closeable.
		Although little is known about Bactrian camels' social behavior in the wild, scientists believe they live in family groups consisting of one male, several females, and their offspring.
	www.brookfieldzoo.org /pagegen/htm/fix/fg/fg_body.asp?sAnimal=Bactrian+camel (603 words)

	Lady Wildlifes Bactrian Camel
		Camel and Man: It is thought that the Bactrian camel was domesticated by man as early as 2,000 BC it is presumed to be a descendant of the feral camel.
		At the end of the nineteenth century, Bactrian camels were discovered in the Lobnor Desert in China by the Russian Explorer, Nikolai Przewalski's, and it was established that, in its natural state, the Bactrian camel is truly a wild, rather than domesticated, animal.
		Camels do not like wet conditions, but they can tolerate variations in temperature ranging from -16º f to 120ºF. Males, females, and young camels are known respectively as stallions, mares and calves.
	ladywildlife.com /animal/bactriancamel.html (848 words)

	Camels: Of Service and Survival - National Zoo\| FONZ
		In other areas, however, camels were and are used mainly to pull wheeled carts and ploughs; this, in fact, was probably the first and primary reason for the domestication of the Bactrian camel.
		Bactrian camels were domesticated in northern Iran and Turkmenistan about the same time as the dromedaries but these were almost certainly independent events.
		Camels store fat (not water!) in their humps, which they burn during periods of food scarcity or during extended bouts of hard work when they are given little time to feed.
	nationalzoo.si.edu /Publications/ZooGoer/1999/5/camelservicesurvival.cfm (2681 words)

	Camels
		It is believed that between 400 and 900 wild Bactrian camels still survive in the vast and inhospitable wastes of the Gobi Desert in Mongolia.
		The wild population of Bactrian camels has been seriously reduced in recent years because of intense hunting by Man, or the inability of the camels to compete with domestic livestock for the limited supply of food provided by the sparse vegetation of the desert.
		The South American camels did not develop humps, but there can be no mistake about their family origin if the head of the llama is studied and then compared to that of the 'true camel'.
	www.yptenc.org.uk /docs/factsheets/animal_facts/camels.html (1146 words)

	Camel Information
		Camels have played an important part in the lives of many people for at least four thousand years.
		And this is mainly because camels have the ability to live in places where other large animals could never survive.
		Today there are approximately fourteen million camels around the world, and as long as there are nomadic peoples wandering the deserts and mountains, there will be a use for camels.
	www.planet-pets.com /plntcaml.htm (896 words)

	Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus)
		Bactrian camels are usually a beige color with hair that ranges from short to long depending on the season.
		Bactrian camels travel the desert in caravans made up of 6 to 20 camels.
		Bactrian camels were domesticates about 3500 years ago and have been vital to the cultures in their desert habitat.
	www.thebigzoo.com /Animals/Bactrian_Camel.asp (430 words)

	Bactrian Camel, Bactrian Camel Profile, Facts, Information, Photos, Pictures, Sounds, Habitats, Reports, News - ...
		Bactrian camels have two humps rather than the single hump of their Arabian relatives.
		Bactrian camels have developed special adaptations to allow them to survive in such a brutal environment.
		The only truly wild camels that still exist are Bactrian camels.
	animals.nationalgeographic.com /animals/mammals/bactrian-camel.html (379 words)

	ADW: Camelus bactrianus: Information
		Wild bactrian camels are active mainly during the day and are generally found alone or in small groups of more than 30 animals.
		Camels carry packages long distances to market and are used as a form of transportation.
		Bactrian camels were thought to be extinct in the wild until an expedition found some wild C.
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Camelus_bactrianus.html (1204 words)

	Definition of Bactrian camel
		The Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus) is a large even-toed ungulate native to the steppes of eastern Asia.
		It is thought that the Bactrian Camel was domesticated sometime before 2500 BC, probably in northern Iran or southwestern Turkestan, and that this took place independently of the domestication of the Dromedary.
		Bactrian Camels are over two metres (7 feet) tall at the hump and weigh in excess of 725 kg (1,600 pounds).
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Bactrian_camel (293 words)

	Camels
		I, 79-80, mentions the use of camels as pack animals in the Persian army and the cunning way in which they were used during the siege of Sardis against the cavalry of Croesus to frighten the enemy horses.
		Surprisingly, Bactrian camels always appear as pack animals, in contrast to horses and elephants, which were important for their use in battles.
		It is also surprising that Bactrian camels rarely appear on the copious and varied coins of the Greek rulers of Bactria, whereas horses (i.e., the famous Bactrian chargers) and elephants, which formed an integral part of Seleucid warfare, recur frequently.
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/51/192.html (1954 words)

	Camels—“Ships Of The Desert”
		Domesticated Bactrian camels may be found in Afghanistan, Turkey, the Soviet Union, Iran, and China.
		Camels are known as the "ships of the desert." They can glide across desert sands with ease, and provide one of the most important modes of transportation for people in desert areas.
		Bactrian camels are slower, traveling at speeds of around 5 miles per hour.
	www.discoverymagazine.com /articles/d1998/d9812e.htm (488 words)

	Pueblo Zoo Bactrian Camel
		Bactrian camels, like all camels, are herbivores and will eat grass, hay, grain, and the leaves from bushes and trees.
		Bactrian camels were domesticated before 2500 BC in the plateau of northern Iran and southwestern Turkestan and then spread east to Iraq, India and China.
		Bactrians are well known as beast of burden, often carrying 1000 pounds for as many as 30 miles in the scorching heat and sand of their native environment, or in the very cold.
	www.pueblozoo.org /archives/jan01/feature.htm (521 words)

	Camel Lore, Information about camels
		However, in the case of the Bactrian camel, there are a small number of animals (300 - 700) located in a small area in the Trans-Altai Gobi Desert, that are considered a wild population.
		These camels are thought to have been domesticated prior to 2500 B.C. (The name Bactrian is derived from a place name, Baktria, on the Oxus River in northern Afghanistan.
		Domesticated Bactrian camels were found in southern Russia by 1700 - 1200 B.C. and even in western Siberia by the 10th century B.C. They were used in China as early as 300 B.C. as the original "silk route" camels, but were replaced by crossbreeds of the Bactrian/dromedary later on.
	www.llamaweb.com /Camel/Info.html (780 words)

	Breeds of Livestock - Sonid Bactrian Camels (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The camels of China are all of the bi-humped, Bactrian type.
		Camels are mainly distributed in the high plains, deserts and semi-deserts of the north and northwest China.
		The Bactrian camel is a multi-purpose animal, mainly used for working and producing wool, meat and milk.
	www.ansi.okstate.edu /breeds/other/camel/sonid/index.htm (191 words)

	Bactrian Camel Printout- EnchantedLearning.com
		The Bactrian Camel, Camelus bactrianus, is a two-humped camel that lives in the rocky Gobi desert and the grasslands (steppes) of Asia; these habitats get both very hot and very cold.
		Bactrian camels have a life span of about 40 years.
		Bactrian Camels are over 7 feet (2 m) tall at the hump and weigh in excess of 1,600 pounds (725 kg).
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/mammals/camel/Bactrian.shtml (283 words)

	Wild Bactrian Camels Critically Endangered, Group Says
		Summary The wild Bactrian camel, a two-humped ancestor of domesticated camels, is now critically endangered in its native habitat in the harsh deserts of Northwest China and Mongolia.
		The reclassification of wild Bactrian camels to "critically endangered" status in October 2002 places the camel in the same category as the panda, a standing that reflects the increasingly precarious position of that small population.
		The wild Bactrian camel, a two-humped ancestor of domesticated camels, is now critically endangered in its native habitat in the harsh deserts of Northwest China and Mongolia.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2002/11/1126_021205_cameltrek.html (690 words)

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