🐃Dromedary

Camelus dromedarius Linnaeus, 1758

O dromedário, camelo-doméstico, camelo-de-uma-bossa ou camelo-árabe (Camelus dromedarius) é um animal mamífero nativo da região nordeste da África e da parte ocidental da Ásia, pertencente à família Camelidae, sendo uma das duas espécies de camelos.

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Also called

Camelus dromedarius, One-humped Camel

Conservation status

ENEndangered

IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.

Population trendDecreasing

Key measurements

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

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Everything we know about the Dromedary

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass

434 kg

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By sex

Male500 kgWikidataQ71516
Female450 kgWikidataQ71516

Shoulder height

1.9 m1.8–2 m · typical rangenot stated

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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 lifespan

28 years

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Gestation

1.1 years

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