Dromedary Camel vs Prickly Yellow

Camelus dromedarius compared with Zanthoxylum caribaeum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dromedary Camel	Prickly Yellow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (artiodáctilos)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Camelidae (Camels)	Rutaceae
Genus	Camelus (Camels)	Zanthoxylum
Species	Camelus dromedarius	Zanthoxylum caribaeum

Conservation Status

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Prickly Yellow

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dromedary Camel	Prickly Yellow
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.

Prickly Yellow

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

Dromedary Camel

El dromedario es el camello de una sola joroba, domesticado hace más de 4.000 años. La joroba almacena grasa, no agua.