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Camelus dromedarius

Mammalia - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Camelus dromedarius was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Camelus.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. alutensis, C. bessarabensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Camelus dromedarius Linnaeus p. 65
1902Camelus dromedarius Hay p. 680
1911Camelus dromedarius Thomas p. 150
1994Camelus dromedarius Stanley et al. p. 1
2008Camelus dromedarius Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 5
2010Camelus dromedarius Harris et al. p. 825

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
familyCamelidae
subfamilyCamelinaeGray 1821
tribeCamelini
genusCamelus
speciesdromedarius

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Camelus dromedarius Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Body mass estimates
estimateequationreference
 280.4 kg Mammalia femur diameterGingerich 1990
 289.0 kg Mammalia humerus diameterGingerich 1990
 176.0 kg Mammalia tibia diameterGingerich 1990
mean: 242.5 kg
Measurements
partNmean
femur diameter139.4
humerus diameter143.4
tibia diameter132.4

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: browserg
Diet 2: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:44:27
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:36:48
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Syria Camelus dromedarius (67660)