Livestock

Dromedary Camel

Also Known As Arabian Camel

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General Reference

Agriculture and Farming Atlas. "Dromedary Camel." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://agriculture.interactiveatlas.org/livestock/dromedary-camel.

APA Style

Agriculture and Farming Atlas. (n.d.). Dromedary Camel. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://agriculture.interactiveatlas.org/livestock/dromedary-camel

BibTeX

@misc{agricultureandfarmingatlas-dromedary-camel,
  author = {Agriculture and Farming Atlas},
  title = {Dromedary Camel},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://agriculture.interactiveatlas.org/livestock/dromedary-camel},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

The dromedary is a large, one-humped camel domesticated on the southern Arabian Peninsula around 4000 to 3000 BC. It has long served nomadic desert communities as a beast of burden and mount, prized for surviving heat and water scarcity that defeat most livestock, and it also provides milk, meat, wool and hair, making it one of the most versatile working animals of any arid region.

Facts

Scientific Name

Camelus dromedarius 1

Domestication Region

Southern Arabian Peninsula 1

Domesticated When (Circa)

Circa 4000 to 3000 BC 1

Primary Uses

Riding, transport and draught work, milk, meat, wool and hair 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

In Discipline

Animal Husbandry

Sources

1. Dromedary (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia Foundationlead section, DomesticationView the Source

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