AnAge entry for Camelus dromedarius
Classification (HAGRID: 02006)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Camelidae
Genus: Camelus
- Species
- Camelus dromedarius
- Common name
- Dromedary
- Synonyms
- Camelus ferus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 28.4 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
It has been suggested that the potential longevity of dromedaries is up to 50 years [0434]. Record longevity in captivity, however, is 28.4 years [0671]. Anecdotal reports indicate a longer lifespan of domestic animals, but this has not been verified.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,095 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 2,191 days
- Gestation
- 405 days
- Weaning
- 500 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 0.7
- Inter-litter interval
- 607 days
- Weight at birth
- 37,000 g
- Weight at weaning
- 253,484 g
- Adult weight
- 434,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 79%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 311ºK or 37.5ºC or 99.5ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 224.7790 W
- Body mass
- 407000.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.000552 W/g
References
- [1389] Hoffman and Valencak (2020), A short life on the farm: aging and longevity in agricultural, large-bodied mammals (PubMed)
- [1136] Gomes et al. (2011), Comparative biology of mammalian telomeres: hypotheses on ancestral states and the roles of telomeres in longevity determination (PubMed)
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [1014] Tefera (2004), Observations on the clinical examination of the camel (Camelus dromedarius) in the field (PubMed)
- [0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
- [0302] Chaudhary et al. (2003), Serum protein electrophoretic pattern in young and adult camels (PubMed)
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
- [0303] Abdel Rahim (1997), Studies on the age of puberty of male camels (Camelus dromedaries) in Saudi Arabia (PubMed)
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
- [0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
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- ITIS 625027
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- Taxonomy ID 9838
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