Dromedary Camel vs pale moonwort

Camelus dromedarius compared with Botrychium pallidum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dromedary Camel	pale moonwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)
Family	Camelidae (Camels)	Ophioglossaceae
Genus	Camelus (Camels)	Botrychium
Species	Camelus dromedarius	Botrychium pallidum

Conservation Status

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

pale moonwort

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dromedary Camel	pale moonwort
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.

pale moonwort

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Found in Canada.

Dromedary Camel

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