Dromedary
Camelus dromedarius
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Camelus dromedarius
- Class
- Mammal
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Camelidae
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Size
- Large (2–4 m)
- Active
- By day
- Continent
- Africa, Asia, Oceania
- Habitat
- Desert, Grassland
- Conservation status
- Not evaluated (domestic)
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Easy
Did you know?
- A dromedary's hump stores fat, not water.
- A dromedary lets its body temperature swing by several degrees during the day, which saves water that sweating would cost.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q71516 · All animals · All entries