Doum Palm vs Dromedary Camel

Hyphaene compressa compared with Camelus dromedarius

Key Differences

• Doum Palm is Least Concern while Dromedary Camel is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Doum Palm	Dromedary Camel
Kingdom	Plantae (식물)	Animalia (동물)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (피자식물문)	Chordata (척삭동물)
Class	Liliopsida (백합강)	Mammalia (포유류)
Order	Arecales (종려목)	Artiodactyla (소목)
Family	Arecaceae	Camelidae (Camels)
Genus	Hyphaene	Camelus (Camels)
Species	Hyphaene compressa	Camelus dromedarius

Conservation Status

Doum Palm

LC — Least Concern

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Doum Palm	Dromedary Camel
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	40 years
Average Length	—	2.3 m
Average Weight	—	600.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Doum Palm

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.

Dromedary Camel

단봉낙타(Camelus dromedarius)는 혹이 하나인 낙타로, 4,000년 이상 전에 가축화되었습니다. 혹에는 물이 아닌 지방이 저장됩니다.