Dromedary Camel vs slender mealybug

Camelus dromedarius compared with Atrococcus cracens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dromedary Camel	slender mealybug
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Arthropoda (artrópode)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Insecta (inseto)
Order	Artiodactyla (Artiodátilos)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Camelidae (Camels)	Pseudococcidae
Genus	Camelus (Camels)	Atrococcus
Species	Camelus dromedarius	Atrococcus cracens

Evolutionary Relationship

Dromedary Camel and slender mealybug share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

slender mealybug

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dromedary Camel	slender mealybug
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.

slender mealybug

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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.