African bindweed vs Dromedary Camel

Convolvulus sabatius compared with Camelus dromedarius

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African bindweed	Dromedary Camel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Camelidae (Camels)
Genus	Convolvulus	Camelus (Camels)
Species	Convolvulus sabatius	Camelus dromedarius

Conservation Status

African bindweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African bindweed	Dromedary Camel
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	40 years
Average Length	—	2.3 m
Average Weight	—	600.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

African bindweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Greece, Portugal, and Sweden.

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.

African bindweed

The African bindweed (Convolvulus sabatius) is a species in the genus Convolvulus. This species inhabits Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions, found across Denmark, Greece, Portugal, and Sweden.

Dromedary Camel

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