Asiatic elephant vs Dromedary Camel

Elephas maximus compared with Camelus dromedarius

Key Differences

Asiatic elephant is Endangered while Dromedary Camel is Not Evaluated.
Asiatic elephant is 6.7x heavier than Dromedary Camel.
Asiatic elephant lives longer (60 years vs 40 years).

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic elephant	Dromedary Camel
Kingdom same	Animalia (動物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum same	Chordata (脊索動物)	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class same	Mammalia (哺乳類)	Mammalia (哺乳類)
Order	Proboscidea (ゾウ目)	Artiodactyla (偶蹄目)
Family	Elephantidae (Elephants)	Camelidae (Camels)
Genus	Elephas (Asian Elephants)	Camelus (Camels)
Species	Elephas maximus	Camelus dromedarius

Evolutionary Relationship

Asiatic elephant and Dromedary Camel share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (哺乳類)

表示 Class: Mammalia

Conservation Status

Asiatic elephant

EN — Endangered

Population: ~50.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asiatic elephant	Dromedary Camel
Diet	Herbivore	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	60 years	40 years
Average Length	5.5 m	2.3 m
Average Weight	4.0 t	600.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic elephant

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 9 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its 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.

Asiatic elephant

アジアゾウ（Elephas maximus）はアフリカゾウに比べて小型で、インドから東南アジア・インドネシアに至る森林・草原に生息する。アフリカゾウより小さな耳・丸みのある背・鼻先の1本の指状突起などの形態的特徴を持ち、アジアの文化・宗教と深く結びついており、古来より使役動物・神事に用いられてきた。IUCNレッドリストでは絶滅危惧（EN）に分類されており、野生の個体数は5万頭を下回る。