Camel
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CAMEL (from the Arabic Djemal or the Heb. Gamal), the name of the single-humped Arabian Camelus dromedaries, but also applied to the two-humped central Asian C. bactrianus and to the extinct relatives of both.
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There are six members of the family Camelidae. Two of these are 'true' camels; one living in Asia and the other in Arabia and North Africa.
Camels are even-toed ungulates, meaning 'hoofed animals'. There are several groups of ungulate mammals whose weight is distributed about equally by the third and fourth toes as they move around.
Camel Olympian: Compared to the Dromedary camel, the Bactrian is a stockier, hardier animal being able to survive the scorching desert heat of northern Iran to the frozen winters in Tibet.
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Camel
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hoofed ruminant of the family Camelidae.
Camels run like a giraffe with both legs on one side of the body moving simultaneously. The resulting rocking, shuffling gait gave rise to the term "Ship of the Desert". Camels have been used as beasts of burden for centuries.
Camels have broad, flat, leathery feet with two toes on each foot. When the camel places its foot on the ground the pads spread, preventing the foot from sinking into the sand.
Camels are called 'ships of the desert.'
A camel can consume up to 30 gallons (114 l) of water at one time.
It can close its nostrils to keep out sand.
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Camelot Macaw, "April" is enjoying her outdoor playground!
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The Camelidae family consists of two groups. One group is found in South America and consists of the alpaca, llama, vicunas, and guanacos. The other group is found in Africa and Asia and consists of the camels (bactrian and dromedarian).
The Camelid Family Tree
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Diet: Camels are herbivores (plant-eaters). Most camels are domesticated and are fed by people; they eat dates, grass, wheat, and oats.
Camels Adaptations
Ships of the Desert
A camel stands from 1.8 to just over 2 metres tall at the shoulders, and weighs from 250 to 680 kilograms. Its rope like tail is over 50 centimetres long.
Camels Come to Texas
After Congress appropriated money for the camel project, Major Wayne and Lieutenant David D. Porter were sent to the eastern Mediterranean in a Navy ship, the Supply, to buy the first camels.
Camel survival
Hottest Place on Earth
Camels are fantastically well suited to Earth's hottest desert.
Baby Camel
A male Bactrian camel was born at the Zoo on March 11, 2010 weighing 98 pounds. Eli, the calf of Elvis and Minnie, can be seen at Red Rocks.
Species: Giraffa camelopardalis
Geographic Range
Giraffa camelopardalis is native to Africa, mainly found south of the Sahara to eastern Transvaal, Natal, and northern Botswana.
Camel, Remnant of the family Camelidae . these are to genera, the true camel is and the South American genus Lama, which includes the wild guanaco and vicuna and the domesticated alpaca and Llama .
CAMEL & MAN
It is thought that the Bactrian camel was domesticated by man as early as 2,000 B.C. It is presumed to be a descendant of the feral camel.
Camelus bactrianus (Camelus bactrianus ferus)
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Camels are used for transportation, clothing, leather, milk. They are called the 'ship of the desert'. They have been domesticated as beasts of burden longer than any other mammal.
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Fossilized remains show that the modern giraffe originated in north-eastern Africa in the Miocene 10 million years BP, from the larger pre-ancestor Samotherium africanum followed by Bohlinia sp.
Camel spiders are not deadly to humans (though their bite is painful), but they are vicious predators that can visit death upon insects, rodents, lizards, and small birds.
Camels store fat in the hump, not water! In fact baby camels are born without a hump because the layer of fat does not develop until they eat solid food.
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Camels: Of Service and Survival
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camelus in North Africa, sometimes called the North African Ostrich or Red-necked Ostrich.
Western camels were confined to North America, having been most abundant in the western United States, southwestern Canada and central Mexico during the last part of the ice age (about 600 000 to 10 000 years ago).
Giraffa camelopardalis
Description - Other Names - Distribution - Taxonomy
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Bactrian Camel
Mammal. The Bactrian camel has two humps that hold fat, not water, to provide energy during the winter months. They can go for days without drinking, conserving water in their body cells and stomach.
Giraffa camelopardalis
The Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) is one of the characteristic large mammals that one may see when visiting game parks in much of southern Africa.
Giraffe {Giraffa Camelopardalis}
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Wild Bactrian (two-humped) Camel (Camelus ferus)
Population: 600 in China; 350 in Mongolia. Status: Critically Endangered Species.
Trends. Declining due to illegal hunting for food.
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Cost PER RIDE is $6 ($5.31 + $0.69 HST) Weather permitting
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Camels are close relatives of llamas and evolved in North America. They migrated to Asia about 2 million years ago.
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Camels have elliptical red blood cells, quite unlike the circular disk-shaped cells found in man, dog, cat and most other mammals, but that's a tale for another day.
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Camelus
Dromedary (C. dromedarius) Â- Bactrian Camel (C. bactrianus)
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(Struthio camelus)
Ostriches are the largest (to 8 ft. tall and more than 300 lbs.) of all living birds. Ostriches travel across Central African deserts in bands of up to 50, often with herds of zebras and antelopes.
Wild Bactrian camel (Camelus ferus)
Geoffroy's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus clivosus)
Chacma baboon (Papio ursinus)
Matabele ant (Megaponera foetens)
Desert wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)
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GiraffeGiraffa camelopardalis
Location, Habitat and Diet
Giraffes live in small groups in parts of Africa where food is adequate, south of the Saharan Desert.
Giraffe - Giraffa camelopardalis.
Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) are hoofed mammals with long legs and a long neck. Their skin is a patchwork of dark chestnut spots separated by thin cream colored lines.
The wild Bactrian camel is classified as a member of the order Artiodactyla (Even-Toed Hoofed Mammals) and is a member of the family Camelidae. The wild Bactrian camel's shoulder height is about six feet, and it grows up to twelve feet long.
camelback shrimp (Rhynchocinetes uritai)
cassiopeia jellyfish (Cassiopeia andromeda)
chambered nautilus (Nautilus nautilus)
chocolate chip sea star (Protoreastor nodosus)
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Giraffe seahorse, Hippocampus camelopardalis Bianconi, 1854
Knysna seahorse, Hippocampus capensis Boulenger, 1900
Hippocampus colemani Kuiter, 2003
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All members of the Order Cetacea (includes all whales, toothed and those using baleen) are believed to have evolved from terrestrial hoofed mammals like cows, camels, and sheep some 45 million years ago - that's about 40 million years before humans! ...
Tylopoda Includes Camelidae (camels, llamas, alpacas, etc.) plus several extinct families. Extinct members of the Tylopoda had small hooves, but in living camels the hooves have been lost and replaced by pads.
Giraffa camelopardalis
The closest related animal to the giraffe is the okapi.
Giraffes primarily eat leaves, especially from acacia, mimosa, and wild apricot trees. Their long, bluish, and flexible tongues can extend up to 18 inches to pluck leaves.
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Description: Giraffes are long-necked browsing animals that taxonomists place in a separate family, Giraffidae, from other artiodactylids: camels, deer and bovines.
The giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) is an African even-toed ungulate mammal, the tallest of all extant land-living animal species, and the largest ruminant.
The antelopes, deer, and various other hoofed animals like camels, giraffes, pigs, and horses include some of the rarest and most endangered animals on earth.
The rheas belong to a group of birds known as ratites which includes the Ostrich (Struthio camelus) from Africa, the Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) and Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) from Australia and kiwis (Apteryx spp.) from New Zealand.
I did not choose any species that is heavily domesticated - no camels, no wild ass or horse - nor did I include species whose population now consists almost entirely of re-introduced animals (e.g., White Rhinoceros, American Bison).
Camels. . . Canine. . . Carnivora. . . Elephants. . . Feline. . . Giraffes . . . Horses. . . Insectivora. . . Marsupials. . . Primates. . . Rabbits. . . Rodentia. . . Sloths/Armadillos. . . Hippopotamus. . . Wild Artiodactyla. . . Deer. . .Buffalos.
Ostrich, Common Struthio camelus Found: Africa
Photographed by: 1, 2, 5, 10) Dick Daniels in South Africa 6, 8, 9) Dick In Tanzania 3, 7) Sandy Cole in South Africa 4) Lyudmyla Raynard
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 See also: Deer, Bactrian camel, Llama, Giraffe, Antelope
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