Summary ³

The dromedary (/ˈdrɒmədɛri/ or /-ədri/), also called the Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius), is extinct in the wild, except for a large feral population in Australia. Within its former range in the W Palearctic it is widely used as a domestic animal. Wild populations currently exist in 0% of their former range in the W Palearctic.

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1. (c) Stan van Remmerden, all rights reserved, uploaded by Stan van Remmerden
2. (c) Rob, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/bbmexplorer/3641440527/
3. Adapted by Stan van Remmerden from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelus_dromedarius

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