Species: Camelus bactrianus

1. Genus: Camelus

1.1. Camelus dromedarius

1.2. Camelus bactrianus

2. Order: Artiodactyla

2.1. Either two or four (usually) hoofed toes on each foot

2.2. They are the fifth largest order of mammals, consisting of 10 families, 80 genera, and approximately 220 species

2.2.1. The roughly 220 artiodactyl species include pigs, peccaries, hippopotamuses, cetaceans, camels, llamas, alpacas, deer, giraffes, antelopes, sheep, goats, and cattle, many of which are of great dietary, economic, and cultural importance to humans

3. Phylum: Chordata

3.1. Animals that possess, at some point during their lives, a hollow nerve cord and a notochord, a flexible rod between the nerve cord and the digestive track

3.2. The phylum contains about 43,700 species, and is divided into three subphylums: Urochordata (tunicates), Cephalachordata (lancelets), and Vertebrata (vertebrates)

4. Family: Camelidae

4.1. Camels, giraffes, llamas, alpacas, vicuñas, and guanacos

4.2. Camelids are large, strictly herbivorous animals with slender necks and long legs

5. Class: Mammalia

5.1. Includes about 5000 species placed in 26 orders

5.2. All mammals share at least three characteristics not found in other animals: 3 middle ear bones, hair, and the production of milk by modified sweat glands called mammary glands

5.3. The smallest mammals are found among the shrews and bats, and can weigh as little as 3 grams. The largest mammal, and indeed the largest animal to ever inhabit the planet, is the blue whale, which can weigh 160 metric tons

6. Kingdom: Animalia

6.1. All animals are members of the Kingdom Animalia, also called Metazoa

6.2. This Kingdom does not contain prokaryotes or protists

6.3. All members of Animalia are multicellular, and all are heterotrophs (that is, they rely directly or indirectly on other organisms for their nourishment)

6.4. Roughly 9 or 10 million species of animals inhabit the earth; though the exact number unknown