Ash-coloured Sober vs Dromedary Camel

Acompsia cinerella compared with Camelus dromedarius

Key Differences

• Ash-coloured Sober is Least Concern while Dromedary Camel is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ash-coloured Sober	Dromedary Camel
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Gelechiidae	Camelidae (Camels)
Genus	Acompsia	Camelus (Camels)
Species	Acompsia cinerella	Camelus dromedarius

Evolutionary Relationship

Ash-coloured Sober and Dromedary Camel share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Ash-coloured Sober

LC — Least Concern

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ash-coloured Sober	Dromedary Camel
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	40 years
Average Length	—	2.3 m
Average Weight	—	600.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ash-coloured Sober

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, 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.

Ash-coloured Sober

Ash-coloured sober (Acompsia cinerella) is a species in the genus Acompsia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Dromedary Camel

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