Dromedary Camel vs Edge Flowered Crested Wheatgrass

Camelus dromedarius compared with Agropyron dasyanthum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dromedary Camel	Edge Flowered Crested Wheatgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Camelidae (Camels)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Camelus (Camels)	Agropyron
Species	Camelus dromedarius	Agropyron dasyanthum

Conservation Status

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Edge Flowered Crested Wheatgrass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dromedary Camel	Edge Flowered Crested Wheatgrass
Diet	Herbivore	—
Average Lifespan	40 years	—
Average Length	2.3 m	—
Average Weight	600.0 kg	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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.

Edge Flowered Crested Wheatgrass

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Lithuania and Sweden.

Dromedary Camel

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