Dromedary Camel vs lentilha-d'água

Camelus dromedarius compared with Lemna aequinoctialis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dromedary Camel	lentilha-d'água
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Artiodátilos)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Camelidae (Camels)	Araceae
Genus	Camelus (Camels)	Lemna
Species	Camelus dromedarius	Lemna aequinoctialis

Conservation Status

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

lentilha-d'água

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dromedary Camel	lentilha-d'água
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.

lentilha-d'água

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Chad, Guinea), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (9 countries), North America (Cuba, United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Dromedary Camel

O dromedário é o camelo de uma única corcova, domesticado há mais de 4.000 anos. A corcova armazena gordura, não água.