Camelus ferus

Przewalski, 1883

Wild Bactrian Camel

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Tylopoda
Family : Camelidae
Subfamily : Camelinae
Tribe : Camelini
Genus : Camelus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

From Kul'dzha through Tyan'-Shan' to Lob-Nor. pp. 20, 43. [In Russian]

Original name as described

Camelus bactrianus ferus

Type material

ZIN O. 1218, ZIN S. 1528

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Border of the Kum- Tagh, E of Lob Nor, N of the Altyn- Tagh, Xinjiang, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China · Mongolia

Taxonomy notes

wild form of C. bactrianus

Taxonomy notes 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.

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006384

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Camelus bactrianus ferus

Przewalski, 1883

Family

Camelidae

Root name

ferus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN O. 1218, ZIN S. 1528

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

20, 43

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  3. Groves & Grubb (2011:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Camelus ferus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Camelidae

Root name

ferus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

118

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:unnumbered) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000518) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/63543/12689285) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Camelus Bactrianus var. genuina

F. Kolenati, 1847

Family

Camelidae

Root name

genuinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

417

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33099893

Authority publication

Allgemeine deutsche naturhistorische Zeitung

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

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