Dromedary Camel vs Egg-cone Pine

Camelus dromedarius compared with Pinus oocarpa

Key Differences

• Dromedary Camel is Not Evaluated while Egg-cone Pine is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dromedary Camel	Egg-cone Pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Pinales (Pines & Allies)
Family	Camelidae (Camels)	Pinaceae (Pine Family)
Genus	Camelus (Camels)	Pinus (Pines)
Species	Camelus dromedarius	Pinus oocarpa

Conservation Status

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Egg-cone Pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dromedary Camel	Egg-cone Pine
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.

Egg-cone Pine

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Bangladesh, Brazil, and Colombia.

Dromedary Camel

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