Dromedary Camel vs Worm-rooted Buttercup

Camelus dromedarius compared with Ranunculus vermirrhizus

Key Differences

• Dromedary Camel is Not Evaluated while Worm-rooted Buttercup is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dromedary Camel	Worm-rooted Buttercup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Camelidae (Camels)	Ranunculaceae
Genus	Camelus (Camels)	Ranunculus
Species	Camelus dromedarius	Ranunculus vermirrhizus

Conservation Status

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Worm-rooted Buttercup

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dromedary Camel	Worm-rooted Buttercup
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.

Worm-rooted Buttercup

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.