🐃Dromedary
Le dromadaire (Camelus dromedarius), ou chameau d'Arabie, est une espèce de chameaux, mammifères artiodactyles de la famille des camélidés. Il se distingue des autres chameaux par sa possession d'une seule bosse. Il est particulièrement adapté aux déserts chauds par son anatomie, notamment ses sinus récupérateurs d'eau et ses naseaux se fermant complètement. Sa bosse est une réserve d'énergie et de graisse lui permettant la traversée des déserts. Ses pieds larges et élastiques facilitent la marche sur un sol sableux. Domestiqué dans la péninsule arabique vers 2000 ou 3000 av. J.-C., utilisé comme monture ou comme animal de bât, le dromadaire permet le transport de marchandises à travers le désert, la formation de caravanes et de routes commerciales.
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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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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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