Bed-jacket vs Dromedary Camel

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Camelus dromedarius

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Dromedary Camel is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Dromedary Camel
Kingdom	Plantae (نباتات)	Animalia (حيوانات)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (كاسيات البذور)	Chordata (حبليات)
Class	Magnoliopsida (ماغنولانية)	Mammalia (ثدييات)
Order	Sapindales (صابونيات)	Artiodactyla (مزدوجات الأصابع)
Family	Sapindaceae	Camelidae (Camels)
Genus	Alectryon	Camelus (Camels)
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Camelus dromedarius

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Dromedary Camel
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	40 years
Average Length	—	2.3 m
Average Weight	—	600.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Dromedary Camel

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, and Sudan.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Dromedary Camel

The dromedary is the single-humped camel, domesticated over 4,000 years ago. The hump stores fat, not water.