Camelus bactrianus Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:65. REVIEWED BY: P. Grubb (PG). TYPE LOCALITY: "Bactria" (= U.S.S.R., Uzbekistan, Bokhara) (domesticated stock). DISTRIBUTION: Exists in the wild only in S.W. Mongolia, Kansu, Tsinghai, and Sinkiang (China)(SW); domesticated in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, U.S.S.R., Mongolia, and China. COMMENT: Includes ferus Przewalski, 1883, based on wild specimen; bactrianus Linnaeus, 1758, has priority (IUK). Produces fertile hybrids with dromedarius; though their distributions merge, breeding is regulated (as all individuals are domesticated in the zone of contact) (IUK). Corbet, 1978:197, citing Gray, 1954, stated that male hybrids are sterile. PROTECTED STATUS: U.S. ESA - Endangered as C. ferus (= bactrianus). ISIS NUMBER: 5301419004001001001.

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Artiodactyla, pp. 315-343 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 317, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352976