Ceylon-olive vs Dromedary Camel

Elaeocarpus serratus compared with Camelus dromedarius

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ceylon-olive	Dromedary Camel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Elaeocarpaceae	Camelidae (Camels)
Genus	Elaeocarpus	Camelus (Camels)
Species	Elaeocarpus serratus	Camelus dromedarius

Conservation Status

Ceylon-olive

NE — Not Evaluated

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ceylon-olive

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Mauritius, and Taiwan.

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.

Ceylon-olive

The Ceylon-Olive (Elaeocarpus serratus) is a species in the genus Elaeocarpus. Distributed across Brazil, Mauritius, and Taiwan.

Dromedary Camel

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