All 7 Camelid Species & The Legendary Silk Road - Video

Discover all 7 species of camelid and their role in the development of some of the world's most famous civilizations. In this video, we explore all 3 camel species, including one critically endangered species found only in Mongolia and China and head to South America to meet the closest relatives to the camels, including 2 domestic and 2 wild species.

Chapters
0:00 The Silk Road
1:26 Bactrian Camel
3:18 Wild Camel
4:28 Dromedary Camel
6:20 Vicuña
7:52 Guanaco
9:15 Camelid Taxonomy
10:19 Alpaca
11:14 Llama

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Creative Commons Attribution
Bactrian, Wild & Dromedary Camel Distribution - Adney et. al 2012
South American Camelid Distribution - ​​Hugo D Yacobaccio 2021
Satellite Imagery - NASA

Editorial Attribution
Berber man leading a camel caravan - hakanyalicn / shutterstock.com
Newborn Bactrian camel - Funky D / shutterstock.com
Quechua man & Llama pack - Mark Green / shutterstock.com
Hunter and his two pack llamas melissamn / shutterstock.com

Media & Attribution
Unless stated above, all still images are used under license from Shutterstock.com. Thank you to everyone who makes their work available for use. Covering all of the wonderful species in these videos would not be possible without your incredible work.

Sources & Further Reading
Listed below are the sources used to create the video.

The Silk Road
https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/traveling-the-silk-road/take-a-journey/samarkand/camels
https://www.thoughtco.com/silk-road-117687
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1442/
https://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/exhibit/trade/horcamae.html

Bactrian camel
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/how-do-camels-survive-in-deserts.html
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/bactrian-camel
https://www.britannica.com/animal/Bactrian-camel
https://www.britannica.com/place/Gobi/Climate
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Camelus_bactrianus/

Wild Bactrian camel
https://www.wildcamels.com/
https://denverzoo.org/animals/bactrian-camel/
https://www.zsl.org/news-and-events/news/wild-bactrian-camel-research

Dromedary/Arabian camel
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Camelus_dromedarius/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/arabian-camel
https://www.clevelandzoosociety.org/z/2021/04/06/truth-or-tail-a-camels-hump
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/blog/camel-fact-sheet/
https://www.britannica.com/animal/Arabian-camel
https://www.britannica.com/sports/camel-racing
https://nt.gov.au/environment/animals/feral-animals/feral-camel

Vicuña
https://luxurycolumnist.com/the-most-expensive-wool-in-the-world/
https://www.magazinehorse.com/en/vicuna/
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Vicugna_vicugna/
https://www.britannica.com/animal/vicuna
https://intracen.org/sites/default/files/uploadedFiles/intracenorg/Content/Publications/Vicuna_trade_final_Low_res.pdf

South American Camelid Taxonomy
https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/120344
South American Camelid Distribution
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352548843_The_domestication_of_South_American_camelids_a_review

Guanaco
https://www.swoop-patagonia.com/visit/wildlife/animals
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Lama_guanicoe/
https://www.britannica.com/animal/guanaco

Alpaca
https://wisteriasuriranch.com/suri-fiber/suri-vs-huacaya-fleece-characteristics/
https://alpacabydesignshop.com/blog/the-difference-between-suri-alpacas-and-huacaya-alpacas-unraveling-the-mystique/
https://www.alpacainfo.com/academy/about-alpacas

Llama
https://www.montanallamaguides.com/about-pack-llamas/
https://www.incatrailmachu.com/en/travel-blog/machu-picchu
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Lama_glama/

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