Dromedary Camel vs
Camelus dromedarius compared with Dyadobacter jiangsuensis
Taxonomic Classification
| Rank | Dromedary Camel | |
|---|---|---|
| Kingdom | Animalia (животные) | Bacteria (Bacteria) |
| Phylum | Chordata (хордовые) | Bacteroidota (Bacteroidota) |
| Class | Mammalia (млекопитающие) | Bacteroidia (Bacteroidia) |
| Order | Artiodactyla (парнокопытные) | Cytophagales (Cytophagales) |
| Family | Camelidae (Camels) | Spirosomaceae |
| Genus | Camelus (Camels) | Dyadobacter |
| Species | Camelus dromedarius | Dyadobacter jiangsuensis |
Conservation Status
Dromedary Camel
NE — Not EvaluatedPopulation: ~15.0M
Trend: Stable →
Physical Characteristics
| Attribute | Dromedary Camel | |
|---|---|---|
| Diet | Herbivore | — |
| Average Lifespan | 40 years | — |
| Average Length | 2.3 m | — |
| Average Weight | 600.0 kg | — |
Habitat & Geographic Range
Dromedary Camel
Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.
Distributed across Australia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, and Sudan.
Native to Asia, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.
Found in Taiwan.
Dromedary Camel
The dromedary is the single-humped camel, domesticated over 4,000 years ago. The hump stores fat, not water.
Dyadobacter jiangsuensis is a Gram-negative, orange-pigmented bacterium in the family Cytophagaceae, first isolated from soil samples in Jiangsu Province, China. It is aerobic, rod-shaped, and non-motile, with the capacity to degrade polysaccharides in its soil environment. The genus Dyadobacter is part of the diverse Bacteroidetes phylum widely distributed in terrestrial and freshwater habitats.
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