Dromedary Camel vs Running mountaingrass

Camelus dromedarius compared with Oplismenus compositus

Key Differences

• Dromedary Camel is Not Evaluated while Running mountaingrass is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dromedary Camel	Running mountaingrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Camelidae (Camels)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Camelus (Camels)	Oplismenus
Species	Camelus dromedarius	Oplismenus compositus

Conservation Status

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Running mountaingrass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dromedary Camel	Running mountaingrass
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.

Running mountaingrass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Indonesia, Taiwan), Europe (France, United Kingdom), North America (Guatemala, Honduras, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (9 countries), and South America (Colombia).

Dromedary Camel

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