Dromedary
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An illustration based on the real animal.
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Dromedary camels can close their nostrils during sandstorms.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Dromedary
- Scientific name
- Camelus dromedarius
- Japanese name
- ヒトコブラクダ
- Group
- Land mammals
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Camelidae
- Genus
- Camelus
The dromedary is a domesticated animal.
It lives in the dry lands of Africa, the Middle East and nearby regions, and stores fat in the hump on its back.
Its large, flat feet keep it from sinking into the sand, and its long eyelashes protect its eyes from blowing dust.
It lives in herds and eats many kinds of desert plants, including thorny plants and dry grasses.
How the Dromedary lives
While browsing, they grasp food with their lips. They keep their mouths open while chewing thorny food. They tend to walk in single file when traveling.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Active
- By day (diurnal)
Where the Dromedary has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ヒトコブラクダ
- 简体中文
- 单峰骆驼
- 繁體中文
- 單峰駱駝
- 한국어
- 단봉낙타
- Español
- Dromedario
- Français
- Dromadaire
- Deutsch
- Dromedar
- Português (Brasil)
- Dromedário
- Italiano
- Dromedario
- हिन्दी
- ऊँट
- العربية
- جمل عربي
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Unta Arab
- Tiếng Việt
- Lạc đà một bướu
- Русский
- Одногорбый верблюд
- Türkçe
- Tek hörgüçlü deve
- ไทย
- อูฐหนอกเดียว
- اردو
- عربی اونٹ
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- よこはま動物園ズーラシア — ヒトコブラクダChecked: 2026-11-03
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Camelus dromedariusChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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