Their story, personality and the details worth observing in person.
Meet Duna
Duna is an invented editorial name for this provisional profile. In the sample story, the animal curiously explores keeper-provided enrichment and often chooses the same quiet spot to rest. This individual profile does not describe a real specimen and will be replaced by Bioparco.
An individual, not just a species
The identity card of Duna
- Sex
- non specificato
- Origin
- The individual name, sex and story are invented provisional editorial content; scientific information refers to the species.
Verifiable facts and scientific language
Species profile
Domestic Bactrian camel
Camelus bactrianus
The domestic bactrian camel is two humps and a thick winter coat.
- Class
- Mammalia
- Diet
- Herbivore
- IUCN status
- NE Not Evaluated Not Evaluated (NE) The species has not yet been assessed against IUCN criteria. IUCN Red List classification
- Natural habitat
- Cold deserts and steppes.
- Distribution
- Central Asia; widespread domestic populations.
- Feeding
- Grasses, shrubs and salt-tolerant plants.
- Characteristics
- Two humps and a thick winter coat.
One fact to take home
Observe, connect, remember
It tolerates extreme temperatures and long periods with little water.