Bactrian Camel | 台北市立動物園資訊網

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Common Name: Bactrian Camel

Scientific Name: Camelus bactrianus

Type: Mammals

Diet: Herbivore

Group Name: Flock, caravan

Average Life Span In Captivity: Up to 50 years

Size: Over 7 feet tall at the hump

Weight: 1,800 pounds

Least Concern Extinct

Bactrian camels have two humps rather than the single hump of their Arabian relatives. The humps function the same way—storing fat which can be converted to water and energy when sustenance is not available. These humps give camels their legendary ability to endure long periods of travel without water, even in harsh desert conditions. As their fat is depleted, the humps become floppy and flabby.

Bactrian camels live not in shifting Sahara sands but in Central and East Asias rocky deserts. Temperatures in these locales can become searingly hot—o...