**How many camel species are there? ** [Camels](https://t.me/askmenow/2516) are mammals with long le

**How many camel species are there? ** [Camels](https://t.me/askmenow/2516) are mammals with long legs, a big-lipped snout and a humped back. There are 2️⃣ extant species of [camels](https://t.me/askmenow/2215): 🐪 **the Dromedary or Arabian Camel**, __Camelus dromedarius__, which has a single hump, gets up to about 2 m (6.5 ft.) tall at the shoulder, has a body length of about 3 m (10 ft.) and weighs 400 to 600 kg (880 to 1,325 lbs.). It can be found in North Africa and the Middle East, and exists today only as a domesticated animal. 🐫 **the Bactrian camel**, __Camelus bactrianus__, which has two humps, grows to a shoulder height of 1.8-2 m (6-6.5 ft.), has a body length of 3 m (10 ft.), and normally weighs 600 to 1,000 kg (1,320 to 2,200 lbs.) when fully grown. It lives in Central Asia. Most Bactrians are also domesticated animals, but there are still **about 1000 wild Bactrian camels** in the Gobi Desert in China and Mongolia. ℹ️ The name __camel__ comes to English via the Greek __κάμηλος (kámēlos)__ from the Hebrew __gamal__ or Arabic __Jamal__. Subscribe- t.me/askmenow