Camelus dromedarius - #1753
Arabian Camel
Adult lying down to show calluses. Also as One-humped Camel or Dromedary Camel.
Geographic Distribution
Extinct in the wild; domesticated from wild populations which presumably had become restricted to the S Arabian Peninsula; domesticated in Senegal and Mauritania to Somalia and Kenya, throughout N Africa, the Middle East, Arabia, and Iran to NW India; feral populations in Australia.
Order/Family
Camelidae
Genus
Camelus
Specific Epithet
dromedarius
Image Date
1982
Photographer
KW Fink - contributed by DG Huckaby