The genus Is a hoofed animal with a unique deposit of fat on its back, called a "hump". The three surviving camels are dromedary camels, which live in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa; The Bactrian camels living in Central Asia; Critically endangered wild Bactrian camels are found in limited numbers in remote areas of northwestern China and Mongolia. The name Bactrian camel comes from the historical Bactrian region of Central Asia (Yam & Khomeiri, 2015). Both dromedary camels and bactrian camels were domesticated; They provide milk, meat, hair for goods such as textiles or felt bags, and are working animals engaged in tasks ranging from human transport to weight bearing.
(The term camel is derived from Hebrew or Phoenician through Latin and Greek.) ）
The majority of the world's camels are dromedary camels (94%), while bactrians and wild bactrian camels account for only 6% of all camels (Yam & Khome IRI, 2015). "Camel" can also be used more broadly to describe any of the seven camel-like mammals of the Camel family: three true camels and four New World camels (llamas, alpacas, guanacoae, and camels?). )。