hybrid camel

Hybrid camels have different names depending on zone and language. Some names include Turkoman, tülu, bukht, nar, iner, iver, majen, bertuar, yaml, dromano, and dromel.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

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A tülu camel is a breed of camel that results from mating a male Bactrian camel with a female dromedary. This breed is sometimes called an F1 hybrid camel. The resulting camel is larger than either a Bactrian or a dromedary, and has traditionally been used as a draft animal. This breed of camel is also the breed used in the sport of camel wrestling. Tülu camels have one large hump.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

Khorasan camels are a double-humped sturdy crossbreed between Arabian and Central Asian species. They were common in the caravans of ancient Persia.{{Cite book|last=Amanat|first=Abbas|title=Iran: a modern history|date=2019|isbn=978-0-300-24893-7|location=New Haven|page=18|oclc=1090852958}}

Generally, a Camelus bactrianus × Camelus dromedarius hybrid is called an F1. It usually has a single large hump, sometimes slightly divided, and is larger than both parents, reaching {{cvt|230|cm}} at the shoulder and up to {{cvt|1000|kg}}. This type of camel is extremely strong and is useful for hard work such as plowing and carrying loads. It is generally docile, tame and fertile.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}} It was also used in war by the Ottoman Turks.

Pure camel hybrids are mostly found in Russia, Iran, Afghanistan, and Turkey; however, they can also be found in Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

The F1 can be further hybridized. An F1 female can mate with a male Bactrian camel: the result is a B1 backcross Bactrian. It generally has two humps and is faster than a common Bactrian and stronger than a dromedary. It can walk over snow, ice, and mud and is suitable even for mountain trails; this type can be found mostly in Kazakhstan.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

When an F1 female mates with a dromedary, the result is an B1 backcross dromedary, a slightly stronger dromedary and a rare type nowadays.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

• Cama, a hybrid with camel and llama.
• Huarizo, a cross between male llama and female alpaca
• Llamanaco, a cross between guanaco and llama has been reported in the wild in the Magallanes Region of Chile.{{cite journal |author=Lescrauwaet Vandenabiile |author2=Anne-Cathèrine Marie Marc | title = Primera cruza interespecífica de Llama (Lama glama) y Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) como opción innovadora en la ganadería productiva de la Región de Magallanes, Chile | journal = Observatorio para la Innovación Silvoagropecuaria y la Cadena Agroalimentaria | date = 1 Oct 1997 | url = https://www.opia.cl/601/w3-article-1654.html | access-date=18 Nov 2021 }}
• Pacovicuña, a cross between alpaca and vicuña.

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• {{cite journal |first=Pamela Anna |last=Burger |title=The history of Old World camelids in the light of molecular genetics |journal=Tropical Animal Health and Production |date=2016 |volume=48 |number=5 |pages=905–913 |doi=10.1007/s11250-016-1032-7 |pmid=27048619 |pmc=4884201}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20170209150727/http://www.silk-road.com/newsletter/vol3num1/7_bactrian.php Bactrian Camels and Bactrian-Dromedary Hybrids]
• [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-32145248 Intact Ottoman 'war camel' found in Austrian cellar]
• Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) and Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) crossbreeding husbandry practices in Turkey and Kazakhstan: An in-depth review

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