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Camelus dromedarius Linnaeus 1758
Description
Camelus dromedarius Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:65.
TYPE LOCALITY: "Africa," deserts of Libya and Arabia, (domesticated stock).
DISTRIBUTION: Extinct in the wild and unknown as fossil; domesticated in North Africa, Arabia, Mediterranean, Balkans, and Middle East; introduced into Australia.
COMMENT: Produces fertile hybrids with bactrianus; though their distributions merge, breeding is regulated (as all individuals are domesticated in the zone of contact) (IUK). Corbet, 1978:197, citing Gray, 1954, stated that male hybrids are sterile. Bohldeen, 1961, Z. Tierzucht. Zuchtungsbiol., 76:107- 113, considered dromedarius a synonym of bactrianus.
ISIS NUMBER: 5301419004001002001.
Notes
Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Artiodactyla, pp. 315-343 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on pages 317-318, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352976
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- Cites
- Taxonomic treatment: 10.5281/zenodo.3921045 (DOI)
- Taxonomic treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/F6AF9490E2A640F29A2F854F7F9DED61 (URL)
- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7352976 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFCD5A61FE12ED70FF80FFF0FFEAFFC2 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Camelidae
- Genus
- Camelus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Linnaeus
- Species
- dromedarius
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Camelus dromedarius Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982
References
- Gray, A. P. 1954. Mammalian hybrids: A checklist with bibliography. Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau, Farnham Royal, United Kingdom, 262 pp.