Camelus bactrianus Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:65.

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

DISTRIBUTION: Exists in the wild only in SW Mongolia, Kansu, Tsinghai, and Sinkiang (China); domesticated in Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, north to Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and China.

STATUS: U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Vulnerable.

SYNONYMS: ferus .

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