Dromedary Camel vs Jacob's Ladder Rust

Camelus dromedarius compared with Puccinia polemonii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dromedary Camel	Jacob's Ladder Rust
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Pucciniomycetes (Pucciniomycetes)
Order	Artiodactyla (Artiodátilos)	Pucciniales (Pucciniales)
Family	Camelidae (Camels)	Pucciniaceae
Genus	Camelus (Camels)	Puccinia
Species	Camelus dromedarius	Puccinia polemonii

Conservation Status

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Jacob's Ladder Rust

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dromedary Camel	Jacob's Ladder Rust
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.

Jacob's Ladder Rust

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

Dromedary Camel

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