Chilean chess vs Dromedary Camel

Bromus berteroanus compared with Camelus dromedarius

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chilean chess	Dromedary Camel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Camelidae (Camels)
Genus	Bromus	Camelus (Camels)
Species	Bromus berteroanus	Camelus dromedarius

Conservation Status

Chilean chess

NE — Not Evaluated

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chilean chess

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Mexico, Sweden, and United States.

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.

Chilean chess

The Chilean chess (Bromus berteroanus) is a species in the genus Bromus. 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.