custard-apple vs Dromedary Camel

Annona squamosa compared with Camelus dromedarius

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	custard-apple	Dromedary Camel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Annonaceae	Camelidae (Camels)
Genus	Annona	Camelus (Camels)
Species	Annona squamosa	Camelus dromedarius

Conservation Status

custard-apple

NE — Not Evaluated

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

custard-apple

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (13 countries), Asia (10 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (10 countries), and South America (6 countries).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇦🇺 Australia 🇪🇬 Egypt 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 🇸🇩 Sudan