How are Bactrian camels different from dromedary camels?

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A dromedary is a subspecies of camel, native to deserts across India, Africa, and the Middle East.  So what’s with the animals that have one hump and the ones that have two? That’s where the difference comes in; the dromedary has one hump, while the other subspecies of camel, the Bactrian, has two. And also unlike their more popular cousins, the Bactrian lives in the searingly hot (and freezing cold) rocky deserts of Central and East Asia. They are native to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia, and have two humps.

Bactrian camels differ from dromedary camels in other ways too. For example, the Bactrian camel grows a thick coat of hair each winter. That coat of hair falls off every spring. This is to deal with the extreme variation of temperature in the Gobi Desert.

The dromedary camel, on the other hand, has a uniform length of hair all year round. Dromedary camels are not found in the wild, while a few wild Bactrian camels still exist in the Gobi Desert. Finally, Bactrian camels are much more mild-mannered than the hot-tempered dromedary camels.

In both types, the camel’s hump (or humps) act as storage. Made up of fat and tissues, the camels can draw nutrients and moisture from their humps; a healthy camel will have humps that are the same firmness as the rest of their body, while those that are draining resources will have softer, flabby humps. When they have access to water, they can both drink more than 100 liters (26 gal) in less than 10 minutes. Both camels are herbivores, and they have the ability to eat thorny, prickly, or dry shrubs and grass that many other animals can’t. Bactrian camels have also been known to eat the bones and skin of animals that have been killed by carnivores, but only when there is no other food available.

The Bactrian is typically dark brown to beige in coloring, while the dromedary is commonly brown. However, there are also black and white individuals, with almost every shade in between.

Dromedary camels have one baby at a time, and these babies are dependent on their mothers for anywhere from 12 to 24 months; they tend not to breed until they are about three years old for females, and six years old for males. Bactrian camels can have one or two babies (although one is much more common) and continue nursing them for up to a year and a half. The young aren’t completely independent until they’re five years old, thought they can bear young of their own between three and five years.

In the wild, both types of camels can live—on average—to between 40 and 50 years old. In captivity, though, the lifespan of the Bactrian drops to around 35 years while the dromedary’s average lifespan doesn’t fluctuate.

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