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The dromedary (Camelus dromedarius), also known as the dromedary camel, Arabian camel and one-humped camel, is a large camel of the genus Camelus with one hump on its back. It is the tallest of the three camel species; adult males stand 1.8–2.4 m (5 ft 11 in – 7 ft 10 in) at the shoulder, while females are 1.7–1.9 m (5 ft 7 in – 6 ft 3 in) tall.
Camel milk is a staple food of desert nomad tribes and is sometimes considered a meal itself; a nomad can live on only camel milk for almost a month. [19] [39] [123] [124] Camel milk can readily be made into yogurt, but can only be made into butter if it is soured first, churned, and a clarifying agent is then added. [19]
Whether the wild Bactrian camel (Camelus ferus) is a distinct species or a subspecies (C. bactrianus ferus) is still debated. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] The divergence date is 0.7 million years ago, long before the start of domestication.
The heaviest land mammal is the African bush elephant, which has a weight of up to 10.1 t (11.1 short tons).It measures 10–13 ft at the shoulder and consumes around 230 kg (500 lb) of vegetation a day.
Camelops hesternus was a large camel with a bodyform similar to a living dromedary, reaching a shoulder height of 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in) [11] with body mass estimates ranging from 437 kilograms (963 lb) [12] to 826 kilograms (1,821 lb), [13] to around 1,000 kilograms (2,200 lb), [11] though the size of the species was variable, with individuals ...
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Chicago removes park encampments On one of the coldest mornings this year, city crews removed tents from an encampment on Chicago’s north side Wednesday. More than a dozen police officers and ...
The largest members of the camel family are either the bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus), which is still wild in the steppe of central Asia, or the similarly sized dromedary (Camelus dromedarius), which no longer exists as a purely wild species but is widespread in the Middle East as a domestic animal, with a large introduced feral population ...