Dromedary Camel vs five-leaf crotalaria

Camelus dromedarius compared with Crotalaria quinquefolia

Key Differences

• Dromedary Camel is Not Evaluated while five-leaf crotalaria is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dromedary Camel	five-leaf crotalaria
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Camelidae (Camels)	Fabaceae
Genus	Camelus (Camels)	Crotalaria
Species	Camelus dromedarius	Crotalaria quinquefolia

Conservation Status

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

five-leaf crotalaria

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dromedary Camel	five-leaf crotalaria
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.

five-leaf crotalaria

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Singapore), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Guyana).

Dromedary Camel

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