Camelus bactrianus Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:65. TYPE LOCALITY: "Bactria" (= Uzbekistan, Bokhara) (domesticated stock). DISTRIBUTION: Exists in the wild only in SW Mongolia, Kansu, Tsinghai, and Sinkiang (China); domesticated in Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, north to Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and China. STATUS: U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Vulnerable. SYNONYMS: ferus. COMMENTS: Includes ferus Przewalski, 1883, based on wild specimen; bactrianus Linnaeus, 1758, has priority. Produces fertile hybrids with dromedarius. Though their distributions merge, breeding is regulated (as all individuals are domesticated in the zone of contact). Corbet (1978c:197), citing A.P. Gray (1954), stated that male hybrids are sterile.

Published as part of Peter Grubb, 1993, Order Artiodactyla, pp. 377-414 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 381, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7359189