Dromedary Camel vs Minute duckweed

Camelus dromedarius compared with Lemna minuta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dromedary Camel	Minute duckweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Camelidae (Camels)	Araceae
Genus	Camelus (Camels)	Lemna
Species	Camelus dromedarius	Lemna minuta

Conservation Status

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Minute duckweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dromedary Camel	Minute duckweed
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.

Minute duckweed

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (22 countries), North America (Canada), 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.