dromedary: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Camelus dromedarius • Arabian camel

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A person wearing a headscarf rides a dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius) decorated with patterned blankets across a sandy desert plain under a blue sky.

Arabian camels, or dromedaries

Arabian camel, or dromedary

An adult Arabian camel and its calf stand on rocky ground with orange desert dunes in the background in Oman.

Saudi Arabia: Bedouin woman with Arabian camels

World map showing the geographic ranges of camelid species, with color-coded outlines for each: alpaca, llama, guanaco, and vicuna ranges are marked in South America; Arabian camel or dromedary in parts of Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia; domesticated Bactrian camel across Central Asia; and wild Bactrian camel in a small area of East Central Asia. Australia is shaded for introduced dromedaries.

The journey of camel drivers from Sudan to Egypt

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