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The domesticated dromedary is generally found in the semi-arid to arid regions of the Old World, mainly in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, and a significant feral population occurs in Australia. Products of the dromedary, including its meat and milk, support several North African tribes; it is also commonly used for riding and as a pack animal.
Dromedary in Queensland, Australia showing its hump. This is a list of animals that have a naturally occurring hump or humps as a part of their anatomy. Humps may evolve , as a store of fat, as a heat control mechanism, as a development of muscular strength, as a form of display to other animals, or be apparent as a consequence of some ...
Lion Attacking a Dromedary in 2018. Verreaux designed and constructed the orientalist taxidermy diorama Lion Attacking a Dromedary for the Paris Exposition of 1867, where it won a gold medal. [2] [3] After the exposition, it was sold to the American Museum of Natural History, who exhibited it at the 1876 Centennial Exposition. [4]
The male figure, referred to as an Arab by Verreaux, is a fictional pastiche of five North African cultures. The diorama is considered to be Verreaux's masterpiece. Lion Attacking a Dromedary was purchased by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in 1898. As part of a 2017 restoration, the museum found human remains in the diorama.
Three species groups survived - the dromedary of northern Africa and southwest Asia; the Bactrian camel of central Asia; and the South American group, which has now diverged into a range of forms that are closely related, but usually classified as four species - llamas, alpacas, guanacos, and vicuñas.
Dromedary near Silverton, New South Wales Spread of camels in Australia, shown in yellow. Australian feral camels are introduced populations of dromedary, or one-humped, camel (Camelus dromedarius—from the Middle East, North Africa and the Indian Subcontinent).
A camel carcass can provide a substantial amount of meat. The male dromedary carcass can weigh 300–400 kg (661–882 lb), while the carcass of a male Bactrian can weigh up to 650 kg (1,433 lb). The carcass of a female dromedary weighs less than the male, ranging between 250 and 350 kg (550 and 770 lb). [18]
Male Bactrian camel mating with female dromedary. A tülu camel is a breed of camel that results from mating a male Bactrian camel with a female dromedary. This breed is sometimes called an F1 hybrid camel. The resulting camel is larger than either a Bactrian or a dromedary, and has traditionally been used as a draft animal.