Dromedary Camel vs Elephant Palm

Camelus dromedarius compared with Borassus aethiopum

Key Differences

• Dromedary Camel is Not Evaluated while Elephant Palm is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dromedary Camel	Elephant Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Camelidae (Camels)	Arecaceae
Genus	Camelus (Camels)	Borassus
Species	Camelus dromedarius	Borassus aethiopum

Conservation Status

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Elephant Palm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dromedary Camel	Elephant Palm
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.

Elephant Palm

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Guinea and Yemen.

Dromedary Camel

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