Dromedary Camel vs white wattling

Camelus dromedarius compared with Eugenia foetida

Key Differences

• Dromedary Camel is Not Evaluated while white wattling is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dromedary Camel	white wattling
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Camelidae (Camels)	Myrtaceae
Genus	Camelus (Camels)	Eugenia
Species	Camelus dromedarius	Eugenia foetida

Conservation Status

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

white wattling

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dromedary Camel	white wattling
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.

white wattling

Habitat

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

Dromedary Camel

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