Authority citation: Przewalski, N.M. 1878-01-09. От Кульджи за Тянь-Шань и на Лоб-Нор путешествие Н.М. Пржевальскаго. Издание Императорского Русского географического общества, Saint Petersburg, 67 pp.
Authority publication link: https://books.google.com/books?id=VvdpnuW5nCgC&pg=PA20 | https://books.google.com/books?id=VvdpnuW5nCgC&pg=PA37
Original name as described: Camelus bactrianus, ferus
Nominal names: genuinus F. Kolenati, 1847 | ferus Przewalski, 1878
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Artiodactyla -- Family: Camelidae -- Subfamily: Camelinae -- Tribe: Camelini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: ZIN O. 1218, ZIN S. 1528
Type locality: Border of the Kum- Tagh, E of Lob Nor, N of the Altyn- Tagh, Xinjiang, China.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): China (CHN) | Mongolia (MNG)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Critically endangered
Species-specific notes: wild form of C. bactrianus
Citation: Gentry, A., Clutton-Brock, J., & Groves, C. P. (2004). The naming of wild animal species and their domestic derivatives. Journal of Archaeological Science, 31(5), 645-651.
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