Bactrian Camel
The Bactrian camel (or Camelus bactrianus) is a large ungulate native to Central Asia. It is also known as the Mongolian camel, two-humped camel or double humped camel. It is closely related to the wild Bactrian camel (C. ferus), but both share a common ancestor.
The (domesticated) Bactrian camel has two humps and thick sandy-coloured wool coats, although it can also be dark brown or white.
Shoulder height ranges from 1.6m to 1.8m tall, and total height including the humps may reach up to 2.3m tall. Bactrian camels weigh between 300kg and 1,000kg. Males may be up to 20% larger than females, and are also heavier, at an average of 600kg compared to 480kg.
Camelus bactrianus
Habitat needs
Space is stored as a minimum plus an amount per additional adult; the game's help adds that juveniles don't count. Plan a mixed habitat in the habitat planner.
Terrain
| Terrain | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|---|---|
| Grass | 0% | 80% |
| Sand | 0% | 100% |
| Soil | 0% | 50% |
| Rock | 0% | 20% |
| Snow | 0% | 100% |
| Waterlogged | 0% | 5% |
Share of the habitat's terrain.
Shares a cohabitation group with 2
Asian steppe group
Cohabitation groups are the game's own sets of species for mixed habitats. Check space, terrain and temperature for a group in the habitat planner.
Barriers with resistance grade 2 or higher 14
- 1-Way Glass grade 2 · $1
- Chain Link grade 2 · $1 · climbable
- Corrugated grade 2 · $1
- Rope Netting grade 2 · $2 · climbable
- Glass grade 3 · $2
- Wire Netting grade 3 · $2 · climbable
- Wood Logs grade 3 · $2 · climbable
- Acrylic grade 4 · $3
- Steel Mesh grade 4 · $3 · climbable
- Thick Glass grade 4 · $3
- Brick grade 5 · $4
- Concrete grade 5 · $4
- Gabion grade 5 · $4 · climbable
- Electric grade 6 · $0.80
At least 1.25 m high. No water barrier. Grades are the ones the game's barrier tooltips state.
Enrichment it uses 7
- Grab Ball Toy · score 50 · $100
- Large Ball Toy · score 100 · $100
- Rubbing Pillar Toy · score 100 · $100
- Skittle Toy · score 50 · $100
- Plant Screen Toy · score 100 · $100
- Rubber Chicken Toy · score 50 · $100
- Mud Bath Toy · score 150
Enrichment target: toys 60 + 40 per additional adult; feeders 10 + 5 per additional adult.
Food, life and breeding
- Food
- Hay + Herbivore Pellets
- Food / drink amount
- 5 / 50
- Food cost, grade 1 / 2 / 3
- $293 / $400 / $400
- Feeders
- Food Trough - Large, Food Trough - Medium, Food Trough - Small, Barrel Feeder - Large, Grazing Ball Feeder, Hanging Grazer Feeder, Melon Feeder, Scarecrow Feeder, Barrel Feeder - Hanging, Suspended High Grazer Feeder, Wall Feeder - Small, Wall Feeder - Medium, Wall Feeder - Large
- Lifespan
- 30–45 yr
- Mature / prime / old / elderly
- 6 yr / 11 yr / 19 yr / 35 yr
- Gestation / between births
- 1.083 yr / 1.917 yr
- Litter
- 1–1
- Fertility
- 0.5
- Mating system
- Polygynous
- Breeds in
- Spring
- Dominance
- Dominant male
- Wild population
- 2,000,000 (estimated)
- Guests flee if it escapes
- Yes
Camels are social animals, living in harem groups in the wild comprised of a dominant male, several female mates and their offspring. The dominant male leads the herd in their migrations. Bachelor males live solitarily or in 'bachelor herds' until they acquire their own harem of females.
Overview
- Scientific name
- Camelus bactrianus
- Class
- Mammalia
- Conservation status
- Domesticated
- Biome
- Desert, Temperate, Grassland
- Continent
- Asia
- Cohabitation groups
- Asian steppe group
- Content
- Base game