🐃Dromedary
Dromedar (Camelus dromedarius) eller enpucklig kamel är en art som hör till familjen kameldjur (Camelidae) och släktet kameler tillsammans med baktrisk kamel. Dromedaren har en större utbredning i Afrika och Asien som last- och riddjur. Vilda former av arten har dött ut, utom förvildade flockar som införts till Australien. Namnet kommer av det grekiska ordet δρομάς (dromás) som betyder springande.
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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
All 14 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderTylopoda
- familyCamelidae
- genusCamelus
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