Camel (camel) - camel (English spelling)

Japanese: ラクダ(駱駝) - ラクダ（英語表記）camel

A large herbivorous animal with a hump on its back. A general term for mammals of the Camelus genus in the family Camelidae in the order Artiodactyla. There are two species: the two-humped Bactrian camel C. bactrianus (illustration) and the one-humped dromedary C. dromedarius (illustration). There are no wild species of dromedaries, and all are domesticated. A small number of Bactrian camels live wild in Mongolia and the Gobi Desert, but most are domesticated. Body length is 2.2 to 3.5 meters, tail length is about 55 cm, shoulder height is 1.8 to 2.1 meters, and weight is 450 to 690 kg.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

背にこぶがある大型の草食動物。偶蹄目ラクダ科ラクダ属Camelusの哺乳類の総称。背のこぶが二つのフタコブラクダC.bactrianus（イラスト）と一つのヒトコブラクダC.dromedarius（イラスト）の2種がある。ヒトコブラクダの野生種は生息せず，すべて家畜であり，フタコブラクダはモンゴルとゴビ砂漠に少数が野生するが，ほとんどのものは家畜である。体長2.2～3.5m，尾長約55cm，肩高1.8～2.1m，体重450～690kg。

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