| SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION |
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| COMMON NAME: | dromedary camel | | KINGDOM: | Animalia | | PHYLUM: | Chordata | | CLASS: | Mammalia | | ORDER: | Artiodactyla | | FAMILY: | Bovidae | | GENUS SPECIES: | Camelus (camel) dromedarius (running) | |
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| DESCRIPTION: | Woolly coat, caramel in color that often looks shaggy from seasonal shedding. Both sexes have a single hump on the back. | | MALE | Males are considerably larger than females and have an inflatable soft palate which they use to attract females. (It looks like a frog's throat when inflated.) | |
| SIZE: | 1.8-2.3 m (5.8-7.5 ft.) tall at shoulder | |
| WEIGHT: | 300-690 kg (661-1521 lb.) | |
| DIET: | Almost any vegetation they can find | |
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| SEXUAL MATURITY: | | | MALE | At 5 years | | FEMALE | At 3-4 years | |
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| RANGE: | Middle East and northern Africa; introduced to Australia and Namibia | |
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| POPULATION: | GLOBAL | No data | |
| STATUS: | IUCN | Not listed | | CITES | Not listed | | USFWS | Not listed | |
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