Active gray pine needle aphid vs Dromedary Camel

Eulachnus rileyi compared with Camelus dromedarius

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Active gray pine needle aphid	Dromedary Camel
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Aphididae	Camelidae (Camels)
Genus	Eulachnus	Camelus (Camels)
Species	Eulachnus rileyi	Camelus dromedarius

Evolutionary Relationship

Active gray pine needle aphid and Dromedary Camel share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Active gray pine needle aphid

NE — Not Evaluated

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Active gray pine needle aphid	Dromedary Camel
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	40 years
Average Length	—	2.3 m
Average Weight	—	600.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Active gray pine needle aphid

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Malawi), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (8 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Chile).

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.

Active gray pine needle aphid

The Active gray pine needle aphid (Eulachnus rileyi) is a species in the genus Eulachnus. This species inhabits Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats, found across Belgium, Chile, Denmark, France, and Malawi.

Dromedary Camel

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