Bactrian camel
Camelus ferus / Bactrian camel
- Habitat
- originally desert and semi-desert
- Continent
- Asia
- Food
- Grasses, foliage and shoots
- Gestation/breeding period
- 13 - 14 months
- Mode of life
- loose herds with 8 to 20 animals
- Class
- Pet
- Order
- Artiodactyla
Key facts
~ 2.30 m
size
~800 kg
weight
~ 35 years
age
How endangered are Bactrian camels?
by IUCN (Red List of Threatened Species)
- Not evaluated
- Data deficient
- Least concern
- Near threatened
- Vulnerable
- Endangered
- Critically endangered
- Extinct in the wild
- Extinct
Did you know?
Bactrian camels can drink 150 litres of water in ten minutes.
Bactrian camel on the zoo tour
