Dromedary Camel vs false pepperwort

Camelus dromedarius compared with Marsilea crenata

Key Differences

• Dromedary Camel is Not Evaluated while false pepperwort is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dromedary Camel	false pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Camelidae (Camels)	Marsileaceae
Genus	Camelus (Camels)	Marsilea
Species	Camelus dromedarius	Marsilea crenata

Conservation Status

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

false pepperwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dromedary Camel	false pepperwort
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.

false pepperwort

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Indonesia.

Dromedary Camel

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