Dromedary Camel vs 'Ihi

Camelus dromedarius compared with Oxalis corniculata

Key Differences

• Dromedary Camel is Not Evaluated while 'Ihi is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dromedary Camel	'Ihi
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)
Family	Camelidae (Camels)	Oxalidaceae
Genus	Camelus (Camels)	Oxalis
Species	Camelus dromedarius	Oxalis corniculata

Conservation Status

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

'Ihi

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dromedary Camel	'Ihi
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.

'Ihi

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (17 countries), Europe (30 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (7 countries).

Dromedary Camel

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

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇦🇺 Australia 🇪🇬 Egypt