Camelus bactrianus Linnaeus, 1758

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 315-343 : 317

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scientific name	Camelus bactrianus Linnaeus, 1758
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Camelus bactrianus Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:65 View Cited Treatment .

REVIEWED BY: P. Grubb (PG).

TYPE LOCALITY: "Bactria" (= U.S.S.R., Uzbekistan, Bokhara) (domesticated stock) .

DISTRIBUTION: Exists in the wild only in S.W. Mongolia, Kansu, Tsinghai, and Sinkiang ( China)(SW); domesticated in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, U.S.S.R., Mongolia, and China.

COMMENT: Includes ferus Przewalski, 1883, based on wild specimen; bactrianus Linnaeus, 1758 , has priority (IUK). Produces fertile hybrids with dromedarius ; though their distributions merge, breeding is regulated (as all individuals are domesticated in the zone of contact) (IUK). Corbet, 1978:197, citing Gray, 1954, stated that male hybrids are sterile.

PROTECTED STATUS: U.S. ESA - Endangered as C. ferus (= bactrianus ).

ISIS NUMBER: 5301419004001001001.