Dromedary Camel vs Linear Leaf Water Primrose

Camelus dromedarius compared with Ludwigia hyssopifolia

Key Differences

• Dromedary Camel is Not Evaluated while Linear Leaf Water Primrose is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dromedary Camel	Linear Leaf Water Primrose
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Camelidae (Camels)	Onagraceae
Genus	Camelus (Camels)	Ludwigia
Species	Camelus dromedarius	Ludwigia hyssopifolia

Conservation Status

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Linear Leaf Water Primrose

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dromedary Camel	Linear Leaf Water Primrose
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.

Linear Leaf Water Primrose

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Guinea, Seychelles), Asia (4 countries), North America (Guatemala, Honduras), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Dromedary Camel

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