Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant vs Dromedary Camel

Muscisaxicola maclovianus compared with Camelus dromedarius

Key Differences

• Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant is Least Concern while Dromedary Camel is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant	Dromedary Camel
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Tyrannidae	Camelidae (Camels)
Genus	Muscisaxicola	Camelus (Camels)
Species	Muscisaxicola maclovianus	Camelus dromedarius

Evolutionary Relationship

Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant and Dromedary Camel share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant

LC — Least Concern

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant	Dromedary Camel
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	40 years
Average Length	—	2.3 m
Average Weight	—	600.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Ecuador and Norway.

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.