Camelus

• Domestic Bactrian camel Camelus bactrianus

  

  A domestic Bactrian camel has two humps. Kept in Central Asia, it is adapted to cold winters and hot summers.

• Dromedary camel Camelus dromedarius

  

  A dromedary is a one-humped domestic camel. People have long kept it for transport in dry regions of North Africa and the Middle East.

• Wild Camel Camelus ferus

  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.

• Camelus grattardi
• Domestic Bactrian camel Camelus bactrianus

  

  A domestic Bactrian camel has two humps. Kept in Central Asia, it is adapted to cold winters and hot summers.

• Dromedary camel Camelus dromedarius

  

  A dromedary is a one-humped domestic camel. People have long kept it for transport in dry regions of North Africa and the Middle East.