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This is by no means a complete listing of all camel types
and breeds, it is only a start! More will be added as
the information comes in.
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Anyone who has information about other breeds or
photos and information about any of the breeds listed
here, please send us an email.
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Region |
Use |
Body Features |
Coat Color |
Comments |
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| Arab (Kabadish) |
Darfur, Kordofan |
Pack |
Heavy, large hump |
Shout, sandy gray |
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| Anafi |
NE Sudan |
Ridding |
Light, leggy, small hump |
White or golden |
Fast racing camel, bred for speed rather than for stamina |
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| Adrar |
Adrar des Iforas |
Ridding |
Moderate hump |
Short gray |
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| Benadir |
S Somalia |
Pack |
Larg (500-550 kg) |
White |
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| Berabish |
NW Timbuktu |
Pack |
Medium size, strong, heavy |
Long hair, brown |
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| Bikaneri |
Bikaner India |
Multipurpose |
Heavily built. Long hair on eyebrows, eyelids and ears |
Varies |
Varies from dark brown to blackish brown or reddish brown. |
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| Bishari |
NE Sudan |
Ridding |
Strong than Anafi |
Light |
One of the best riding camels, excellent feeding |
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| Dolbahanta |
E Somalia |
Pack |
Slow, large hump |
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Largest of Somali camels |
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| Feallahi |
Egypt |
Pack |
Large, heavy, large hump |
White or sand colored |
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| Gandiol |
Senegal |
Pack |
Large, heavy |
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| Guban |
N Somalia |
Pack |
Very hardy |
Sparse reddish |
Smallest of Somali camels |
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| Jaisalmeri |
Jaisalmer India |
Riding, Racing |
Lightly built, small hump |
Light Brown |
Lean and thin, short hairs on body, speed is about 30Km/hr. |
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| Kachchhi |
Kachch India |
Good milker |
Heavy built, dull in appearance |
Dark sandy to blackish brown |
Strong hindquarters, heavy legs, hard and thick pads. |
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| Maghrabi |
Egypt, Iba, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco |
Pack |
Slow, sturdy |
Long hair, brown |
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| Manga |
N&W Lake Chad |
Pack |
Heavy, unfit for desert |
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| Marwari |
Jodhpur India |
Multipurpose |
Heavy built, thick set of long muscular legs |
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Capable of performing heavy agricultural work |
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| Mewar |
South-central Rajasthan |
Multipurpose |
Short and light in weight |
Coarse thick hair |
Strong hindquarters, heavy legs, hard thick pads, can climb small hills |
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| Mowalled |
Egypt |
Farm and desert work |
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The most common in Egypt (Crossbred between Maghrabi & Feallahi) |
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| Mudugh |
N Somalia |
Pack |
Medium, small hump |
Twany |
Fit for work on stony ground, poor milker |
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| Ogaden |
NW Somalia |
Pack |
Large |
Pale, nearly white |
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| Tharparkar |
Sindh area of Pakistan |
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| Tibesti |
Tabesti, S Fezzan |
Ridding |
Small, hardy, for stony & sandy soil |
Long hair, gray, often dark |
Smallest riding camel of Africa |
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| Sahel (Mehari) |
Sahel |
Riding |
Large, slender, small hump |
Fawn |
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| Sheckawati (bagri) |
Jhunjhunu Rajasthan |
Pack and cart pulling |
Heavily built large frame |
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Resemble Bikaneri breed but have lesser endurance |
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| Sindhi |
Sindh Pakistan |
Multipurpose |
Heavy, short with small curved thick neck |
Reddish color |
Sure footed, can walk in marshy land without slipping |
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