Dromedary Camel vs Vegetable fern

Camelus dromedarius compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• Dromedary Camel is Not Evaluated while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dromedary Camel	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Camelidae (Camels)	Athyriaceae
Genus	Camelus (Camels)	Diplazium
Species	Camelus dromedarius	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dromedary Camel	Vegetable fern
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.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.

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