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A camel is either of the two species of large even-toed ungulate in the genus Camelus, the Dromedary and the Bactrian Camel. Both are native to the dry and desert areas of Asia and northern Africa. The name camel comes from the Hebrew gamal, "to repay" or "requite", as the camel does the care of its master.
The term camel is also used more broadly, to describe any of the six camel-like creatures in the family Camelidae: the two true camels, and the four South American camelids: Llama, Alpaca, Guanaco and Vicuna. For an overview of the camel family, see camelid. For more information on the two true camels, see Dromedary and Bactrian Camel.
Family Camelidae
Genus Lama:
Llama Lama glama
Alpaca Lama glama pacos
Guanaco Lama guanicoe
Genus Vicugna:
Vicuna Vicugna vicugna
Genus Camelus
Dromedary, Camelus dromedarius
Bactrian Camel, Camelus bactrianus
Humans first domesticated camels many thousands of years ago. The Dromedary and the Bactrian Camel are both still used for milk, meat, and as beasts of burden—the Dromedary in northern Africa and western Asia; the Bactrian Camel further to the north and east in central Asia.
Although there are almost 13 million Dromedaries alive today, the species is extinct in the wild: all bar a handful are domesticated animals (mostly in Sudan, Somalia, India and nearby countries). There is, however, a substantial feral population of about 32,000 in central Australia, descended from individuals that escaped from captivity in the late 19th century.
The Bactrian Camel once had an enormous range, but is now reduced to an estimated 1.4 million animals, mostly domesticated. It is thought that there are about 1000 wild Bactrian Camels in the Gobi Desert, and small numbers in Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey and Russia.
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Taxonmony
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Phylum: Chordata
Class: mammalia
Order: Artidactyla
Family: Camelidae
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Source: Wikipedia Read more about Camels
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Bactrian Camel
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BillyBear4Kids.Com
Baby bactrian camel
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Wild Bactrian camel
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Arkive.org
Nice selection of Wild Bactrian camel video clips available in various formats
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Camel
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CalcuttaWeb.com
Clip from Satyajit Ray's Sonar Kella - Good guys on camels chasing bad guys in a train
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Camel
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Camel walking behind dune in Sahara Desert , Morocco
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Bactrian Camel
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Two men in ancient warrior uniforms riding camels past pagoda at Fort Jiayuguan, China
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Camel
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Wide shot silhouette of woman and man leading camels on sand dune in desert, Morocco
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Camel
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Camel chewing
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Camel
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Two Bedouin men riding camels on desert hilltop at twilight, Giza, Egypt
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Camel
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Camels in the setting Sahara sun
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Camel
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Wrightwood Labs
Australia, red desert with 3 camels standing together then the camels start to run away.
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Camel
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Camel Train
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Bactrian Camel
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DVArchive
Bactrian camel, in Himalayas
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Camel
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Pan across large group of wild camels in desert, could be Saudi Arabia, Yemen, India
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Camel
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Large group of camels eating from trees in desert, Rajasthan India
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Large group of camels standing in moonlight, night
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Bactrian Camel
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Apple.com
Trailer of the move 'The Weeping Camel'. This is a 'must see' movie
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Camel
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Camel - Zoo shots
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Camel
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Journey of the Magi
Keith Dakin, "Cheif Camel Coordinator" demonstrates the proper method of camel feeding
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Bactrian Camel
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HD/DV Cuts
Riding camels in Mongolia
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Bactrian Camel
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Men Riding Camels in Snow, Mongolia
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Bactrian Camel
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Close-up Camel in Snow
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Camel
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Camel Safari
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Bactrian Camel
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Camel chewing the cud in Kyrgystan
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Camel
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Camel in Egypt
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Camel
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Ching Tours
Camels racing across a desert
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Bactrian Camel
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CamelPhotos.com
Taking care of camel's feet
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Camel
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thebayleys.org
Test driving a camel
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Camel
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Harun Yahya International
The Creation of Camel - Long Documentary supporting Creationism
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Arabian Camel
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National Geographic
Tunisian Camels
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