Dromedary Camel vs Spathulate Botrychium

Camelus dromedarius compared with Botrychium spathulatum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dromedary Camel	Spathulate Botrychium
Kingdom	Animalia (động vật)	Plantae (thực vật)
Phylum	Chordata (động vật có dây sống)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (lớp Thú)	Polypodiopsida (Lớp Dương xỉ)
Order	Artiodactyla (Bộ Guốc chẵn)	Ophioglossales (Bộ Lưỡi rắn)
Family	Camelidae (Camels)	Ophioglossaceae
Genus	Camelus (Camels)	Botrychium
Species	Camelus dromedarius	Botrychium spathulatum

Conservation Status

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Spathulate Botrychium

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dromedary Camel	Spathulate Botrychium
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.

Spathulate Botrychium

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, and United States.

Dromedary Camel

The dromedary is the single-humped camel, domesticated over 4,000 years ago. The hump stores fat, not water.