Wild Bactrian camel

The wild Bactrian camel (Camelus ferus) is a species of camel and is the only one to be truly wild. Wild Bactrian camels can be found northwestern China and southwestern Mongolia. The wild Bactrian camel is thought to be the same species as the domestic Bactrian camel that became feral. However, genetic studies have established the camel as a separate species. It is slightly smaller than domestic Bactrian camels, more conical, smaller humps, and has been described as "lithe, and slender-legged, with very narrow feet and a body that looks laterally compressed." Wild Bactrian camels have long narrow slit-like nostrils, ears with hairs to protect it from sandstorms, and long thick eyelashes. They have tough undivided soles with two large toes which enables them to walk on rough or sandy terrain. Its thick body hair can change color to light brown or beige on winter. Like the domestic Bactrian camel, it is one of the few mammals that can eat snow to provide itself liquids during the winter. Wild Bactrian camels are capable of surviving in water saltier than seawater. something that probably no other mammal in the world would be able to do, even the domestic Bactrian camel. Only around 1,000 wild Bactrian camels remain, with most living at the Lop Nur Wild Camel National Nature Reserve in China.