Dromedary Camel vs Lemon-rumped Tanager

Camelus dromedarius compared with Ramphocelus icteronotus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dromedary Camel	Lemon-rumped Tanager
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family	Camelidae (Camels)	Thraupidae
Genus	Camelus (Camels)	Ramphocelus
Species	Camelus dromedarius	Ramphocelus icteronotus

Evolutionary Relationship

Dromedary Camel and Lemon-rumped Tanager share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Lemon-rumped Tanager

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dromedary Camel	Lemon-rumped Tanager
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.

Lemon-rumped Tanager

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

Dromedary Camel

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