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Camelus ferus Przewalski, 1878

Wild Bactrian Camel

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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