Dromedary Camel vs Three-Spotted Pink

Camelus dromedarius compared with Dianthus tripunctatus

Key Differences

• Dromedary Camel is Not Evaluated while Three-Spotted Pink is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dromedary Camel	Three-Spotted Pink
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)	Caryophyllaceae
Genus	Camelus (Camels)	Dianthus
Species	Camelus dromedarius	Dianthus tripunctatus

Conservation Status

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Three-Spotted Pink

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dromedary Camel	Three-Spotted Pink
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.

Three-Spotted Pink

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Portugal and United States.

Dromedary Camel

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