This wild camel lives in desert regions of northwestern China and southwestern Mongolia. Its humps are smaller than those of domestic Bactrian camels, and it browses salt-tolerant shrubs in the Gobi.
It has two slender, conical humps that are smaller than those of domestic Bactrian camels. Its coat is short and sandy brown to reddish, rather than woolly.
In the Gobi, where food and water are sparse, it browses salt-tolerant shrubs such as saxaul, salsola, and ephedra. Field studies in Mongolia found use of areas with forage and nearby water.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.