#0508 · 🦊 mammals
Domestic Bactrian Camel
🇳🇱 Gedomesticeerde Kameel ·Camelus bactrianus
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what is it?
The Bactrian camel ( Camelus bactrianus ) is a large, even-toed ungulate native to the steppes of Central Asia. The Bactrian camel has two humps on its back, as does the wild Bactrian camel (a separate species), but in contrast to the single-humped dromedary camel. Its population of two million exists mainly in the domesticated form. Their name comes from the ancient historical region of Bactria.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 1,801 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Domestic Bactrian Camel
- Nederlands
- Gedomesticeerde Kameel
- scientific name
- Camelus bactrianus
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Artiodactyla
- family
- Camelidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 1,801
- GBIF records in NL
- 2
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Camelidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 524409, Wikidata Q132922, GBIF 2441238, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.