Dromedary Camel vs Fragrant manjack

Camelus dromedarius compared with Cordia dichotoma

Key Differences

• Dromedary Camel is Not Evaluated while Fragrant manjack is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dromedary Camel	Fragrant manjack
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Camelidae (Camels)	Cordiaceae
Genus	Camelus (Camels)	Cordia
Species	Camelus dromedarius	Cordia dichotoma

Conservation Status

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Fragrant manjack

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dromedary Camel	Fragrant manjack
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.

Fragrant manjack

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Burkina Faso, Mauritius), Asia (Iraq, Maldives, Taiwan), and North America (United States).

Dromedary Camel

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