Bactrian Camel
- The Red River Zoo is home to a small herd of Bactrian Camels.
- In the summer of 2015, a new baby camel calf was born! Taivan, Tai for short, means “relaxed” in Mongolian. Zoo visitors helped chose his name by voting in our “name the camel” contest last summer.
What do I look like?
What do I eat?
Where do I live?
How big is my family?
A strong male acts as our leader and we are all related.
How am I adapted for winter?
Did You Know?
Scientific Classification
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Camelidae
Genus: Camelus