Bengal ginger vs Dromedary Camel

Zingiber montanum compared with Camelus dromedarius

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bengal ginger	Dromedary Camel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Zingiberaceae	Camelidae (Camels)
Genus	Zingiber	Camelus (Camels)
Species	Zingiber montanum	Camelus dromedarius

Conservation Status

Bengal ginger

NE — Not Evaluated

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bengal ginger

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Brunei and Cuba.

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.

Bengal ginger

The Bengal ginger (Zingiber montanum) is a species in the genus Zingiber. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Dromedary Camel

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