Amazing Species: Bactrian Camel - IUCN
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The production of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ is made possible through the IUCN Red List Partnership. © John Hare The Bactrian Camel, Camelus ferus, is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Restricted to the Gobi and Gashun Gobi deserts of northwest China and Mongolia, it is one of the rarest large mammals on Earth (currently numbering fewer than 1,500 individuals). Bactrian Camels exist in only a few highly fragmented populations and are severely threatened by hybridization with the domesticated form of the species Camelus bactrianus, hunting for subsistence use and habitat loss due to mining and associated industrial development. Prolonged periods of drought reduce the availability of water points (oases), increasing the vulnerability of Bactrian Camel herds to predation by wolves, as well as increasing competition with domestic livestock. As well as the establishment of nature reserves in China and Mongolia, the captive breeding programme at Zakhyn Us Breeding Centre in Mongolia has been a crucial step towards restoring the remnant herds of Bactrian Camel in The Great Gobi Specially Protected Area “A”. The species is also protected under Appendix I of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS). Knowledge Experts Get Involved Geographical range Amazing Species: Bactrian Camel
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The production of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ is made possiblethrough the IUCN Red List Partnership.
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eThe Bactrian Camel, Camelus ferus, is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Restricted to the Gobi and Gashun Gobi deserts of northwest China and Mongolia, it is one of the rarest large mammals on Earth (currently numbering fewer than 1,500 individuals).
Bactrian Camels exist in only a few highly fragmented populations and are severely threatened by hybridization with the domesticated form of the species Camelus bactrianus, hunting for subsistence use and habitat loss due to mining and associated industrial development. Prolonged periods of drought reduce the availability of water points (oases), increasing the vulnerability of Bactrian Camel herds to predation by wolves, as well as increasing competition with domestic livestock.
As well as the establishment of nature reserves in China and Mongolia, the captive breeding programme at Zakhyn Us Breeding Centre in Mongolia has been a crucial step towards restoring the remnant herds of Bactrian Camel in The Great Gobi Specially Protected Area “A”. The species is also protected under Appendix I of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS).
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Amazing Species: Bactrian Camel
