Dromedary Camel vs Large Fruit-eating Bat

Camelus dromedarius compared with Artibeus amplus

Key Differences

• Dromedary Camel is Not Evaluated while Large Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dromedary Camel	Large Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Artiodactyla (Artiodátilos)	Chiroptera (morcego)
Family	Camelidae (Camels)	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Camelus (Camels)	Artibeus
Species	Camelus dromedarius	Artibeus amplus

Evolutionary Relationship

Dromedary Camel and Large Fruit-eating Bat share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mamíferos)

Conservation Status

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Large Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dromedary Camel	Large Fruit-eating Bat
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.

Large Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

Dromedary Camel

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