Largest Species of Camel

Dromedary Or One-Humped Camel – Australia

The largest member of the family Camelidae is the dromedary or one-humped camel, with a head and body length of 2.3-3.5 m (7 ft 6 in–11 ft 5 in), a tail length of 55 cm (21 in),a shoulder height of 1.8-2.1 m (6 ft–6 ft 10 in) (maximum 2.4 m 7 ft 10 in) and a weight of 450–690 kg (992–1,521 lb). It is native to the Middle East, but survives today as a feral animal only in Australia and Spain, and as a domestic animal elsewhere.

This species of camel is not the largest artiodactyla (even-toed ungulate mammal), has the giraffe is taller and the hippo is heavier.