Dromedary Camel vs Round-winged Orange Tip

Camelus dromedarius compared with Colotis euippe

Key Differences

• Dromedary Camel is Not Evaluated while Round-winged Orange Tip is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dromedary Camel	Round-winged Orange Tip
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Camelidae (Camels)	Pieridae
Genus	Camelus (Camels)	Colotis
Species	Camelus dromedarius	Colotis euippe

Evolutionary Relationship

Dromedary Camel and Round-winged Orange Tip share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Round-winged Orange Tip

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dromedary Camel	Round-winged Orange Tip
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.

Round-winged Orange Tip

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Dromedary Camel

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