Dromedary Camel vs long tailed mealybug

Camelus dromedarius compared with Pseudococcus longispinus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dromedary Camel	long tailed mealybug
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Camelidae (Camels)	Pseudococcidae
Genus	Camelus (Camels)	Pseudococcus
Species	Camelus dromedarius	Pseudococcus longispinus

Evolutionary Relationship

Dromedary Camel and long tailed mealybug share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

long tailed mealybug

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dromedary Camel	long tailed mealybug
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.

long tailed mealybug

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Israel, Taiwan), Europe (22 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Chile).

Dromedary Camel

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