Cream-colored Courser vs Dromedary Camel

Cursorius cursor compared with Camelus dromedarius

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cream-colored Courser	Dromedary Camel
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Charadriiformes (Charadriiformes)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Glareolidae	Camelidae (Camels)
Genus	Cursorius	Camelus (Camels)
Species	Cursorius cursor	Camelus dromedarius

Evolutionary Relationship

Cream-colored Courser and Dromedary Camel share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Cream-colored Courser

NE — Not Evaluated

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cream-colored Courser	Dromedary Camel
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	40 years
Average Length	—	2.3 m
Average Weight	—	600.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cream-colored Courser

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, South Sudan, 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.

Dromedary Camel

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