Top 10 Camel Breeds

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1-Dromedary Camel 

The Dromedary Camel is considered the most famous and best breed of camels in the world. It is also known as the "Arabian Camel" and its binomial name is "Camelus dromedarius". The Dromedary Camel is basically a second -largest camel and a male Dromedary Camel stands from 5.9 to 6.6 feet at the shoulder and its weight range from 400 to 600 kilograms, while the adult female Dromedary Camel is from 5.6 to 6.2 feet tall and its weight ranges from 300 to 540 kilograms.

2-Bactrian Camel 

The Bactrian camel is regarded as the second most popular and best breed of camels in the world. This large and even-toed ungulate camel breed is usually found in the steppes of the Central Asia, and one of the two important species of the camel. The Bactrian camel basically has two huge humps on its back, and the domesticated Bactrian camel breed has served in inner Asia as a pack animal, since ancient times, it is considered the largest breed of camels.

3-Bikaneri Camel 

The Bikaneri Camel comes on the number three in the list of the most famous and best camel breeds of the world. It is considered the most famous and major breed that is found in India. The Bikaneri Camel basically is found in the Bikaner and its nearby districts such as Churu, Sikar, Nagaur, Haryana, and other states. These Bikaneri Camels are very heavily built and have a very attractive and a noble look, their colors of the coating vary from brown to black.

4-Jaisalmeri Camel

The Jaisalmeri camel is also included in our list of the most popular and best camel breeds in the world. This breed of camel basically encompasses the Jaisalmer, Barmer and Jodhpur district of Rajasthan. These Jaisalmeri camels are of very active temperament, they are very tall with thin and long legs. They have very small head and very mouth with a narrow muzzle. The head of Jaisalmeri camel is carried on a very thin neck.

5-Kachchhi Camel 

The Jaisalmeri camel is regarded as the fifth most famous and best camel breed in the world. This camel breed is mostly found in the Kachchh and it is also found in the Bansakantha which is a district of Gujarat state. The Jaisalmeri camels are usually brown to the dark brown in color having the eyelids and ears without hair. The body size of this camel breed is medium, its head is also of the medium size and it is dull and heavy in appearance.

6-Mewari Camel 

The Jaisalmeri camel is considered the seventh most popular and best camel breed in the world. This famous Asian breed of camel has derived its name from the "Mewar" area of the Rajasthan, and it is also found in the Chittorgarh, Udaipur and many other districts of Madhya Pradesh. The Mewari Camels are basically well-built camels and a little bit shorter than Bikaneri camels, they have a very strong body, thick foot pads, heavy legs, they are used for carrying the load.

7-Llama Camel 

The Llama Camel breed comes on the number seven in the list of the most famous and best breeds of camel in the world. This distinct breed of camel is basically a domesticated "South American Camelid", and it is mostly used as a pack and meat animal by the "Andean Cultures". The height of a full-grown and full-size Llama Camel ranges from 5.6 to 5.9 feet tall at the top of its head and its weight ranges from 130 to 200 kilograms.

8- Vicuna Camel 

The Vicuna Camel is also included in our list of the most notable and best camel breeds of the world. In fact, it is considered one of the two most wild "South American camelids", that live in the specific high alpine areas of "Andes". The Vicuna Camel breed is regarded as the most delicate and graceful breed of camels, it has a long and wooly coat, which is dark brown on its back, and it is a smaller breed of camel.

9-Alpaca Camel 

The Alpaca Camel is regarded as the ninth most popular and distinct camel breed in the world. It is also a famous domesticated species of the "South American Camelid" and its physical appearance is similar to a small Llama to a great extent. There are two major breeds of alpaca, the Huacaya alpaca, and the Suri alpaca, they are mostly kept in the herds that usually graze on the heights of the Southern Peru, Andes and the Northern Chile.

10-Guanaco Camel 

The Guanaco Camel is considered the tenth most unique and popular camel breed of the world. It is basically a species of camelid, that is native to the South America. This breed of camel basically stands from 1.0 and 1.2 meters at the shoulder and its weight is almost ninety kilograms. The color of the Guanaco Camel breed varies from a light brown to the dark, It has small, straight ears and gray faces.