🐃Dromedary
Dromedaari (Camelus dromedarius) on kamelien sukuun kuuluva suurikokoinen sorkkaeläin. Sitä kutsutaan myös yksikyttyräiseksi kameliksi. Luultavasti Arabian niemimaalta lähtöisin oleva dromedaari on kesytetty tuhansia vuosia sitten, ja on sittemmin levinnyt laajalle ratsueläimenä ja kuormajuhtana. Nykyään kesyjä dromedaareja elää noin 13 miljoonaa yksilöä. Ainoat villit dromedaarit elävät nykyisin Australian keskiosien kuivassa Outbackissa, jossa maahan 1800-luvun lopulla tuodut eläimet ovat villiintyneet ja muodostavat nykyään noin miljoonan yksilön populaation.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.
- Body mass
- 434 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- 1.9 m
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 28 years
Everything we know about the Dromedary
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass434 kgAnAgeOther figures ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
By sex
- Male500 kgWikidataQ71516
- Female450 kgWikidataQ71516
Shoulder height1.9 m1.8–2 m · typical rangenot statedDetails ↓Hide ↑
SDZWA body-measurements table: "Shoulder Height: 180-200 cm (5.9-6.6 ft)", attributed to Franklin (2011) = HMW-2 Camelidae chapter. ADW agrees and sexes it: "Male dromedaries ... are about 10 cm taller at shoulder height, measuring 1.8-2.0 m" -- so 1.8-2.0 m likely describes males/large adults; the fact-sheet row itself is unsexed. Midpoint of the range.
Source: Franklin 2011, Family Camelidae, in Wilson & Mittermeier (eds.), Handbook of the Mammals of the World Vol. 2; tabulated in San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Camels Fact Sheet, https://ielc.libguides.com/sdzg/factsheets/extantcamels/characteristics · see citation
Maximum lifespan28 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Gestation1.1 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter size1AnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l434 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Dromedary yet: body length, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderArtiodactyla
- ›familyCamelidae
- ›genusCamelus
- ›speciesCamelus dromedarius
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- familyCamelidae
- genusCamelus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderTylopoda
- familyCamelidae
- genusCamelus
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