Dromedary Camel vs Slenderleaf iceplant

Camelus dromedarius compared with Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dromedary Camel	Slenderleaf iceplant
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Camelidae (Camels)	Aizoaceae
Genus	Camelus (Camels)	Mesembryanthemum
Species	Camelus dromedarius	Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum

Conservation Status

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Slenderleaf iceplant

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dromedary Camel	Slenderleaf iceplant
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.

Slenderleaf iceplant

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Turkey), Europe (5 countries), North America (Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Chile).

Dromedary Camel

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

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇦🇺 Australia