Camelus dromedarius

Arabian camel

Indigenous / local names

Dromedaris (af) Wikidata ↗
Arabiese Kameel (afr) GBIF ↗
Dromedaris (afr) GBIF ↗
rameva tokan-trafo (mg) Wikidata ↗

Status in Africa

Domesticated

Occurrence records: Recorded mostly outside Africa. 749 of 10,911 GBIF records (7%) are from Africa (checked 10/9/2026). A hint from GBIF and the genomes on this Hub, not an assessment: GBIF includes zoo and travel records.

Taxonomic classification

cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Opisthokonta; Metazoa; Eumetazoa; Bilateria; Deuterostomia; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Gnathostomata; Teleostomi; Euteleostomi; Sarcopterygii; Dipnotetrapodomorpha; Tetrapoda; Amniota; Mammalia; Theria; Eutheria; Boreoeutheria; Laurasiatheria; Artiodactyla; Tylopoda; Camelidae; Camelus; Camelus dromedarius

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Related species in the DataBank

Species that share this one's nearest groups in NCBI Taxonomy. This is how they're classified, not a phylogeny. See it in the species tree.

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Genome browser

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Sequence records

genome (fasta)

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First synced: 9/1/2026 · Last updated: 9/1/2026

Source: NCBI GCA_001640815.1 · View at source ↗

Collection: Algeria · Sex: male

Sequencing: Illumina HiSeq · SOAPdenovo v. 1.12 · 46.43x coverage

Released: 2016-05-09 · Submitted by: University of Bristol

publiccc0AFDSI-SEQ-747 Benefit-sharing under CBD Decision 16/2 and national frameworks →

Country of origin: DZ · PIC: unknown · MAT: unknown

GoaT: Scaffold assembly · 2.00 Gb · scaffold N50 4,188,677 · View at source ↗

Publicly accessible — no request needed.

Proteins (28)

CYM — 381 aa

APOE — 317 aa

HBB — 147 aa

BGLAP — 49 aa

LTF — 708 aa

PRNP — 255 aa

GLYCAM1 — 155 aa

PRL — 199 aa

CYCS — 105 aa

ACTB — 375 aa

transcriptome (fasta)

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First synced: 9/2/2026 · Last updated: 9/2/2026

Source: NCBI NM_001319876.1 · View at source ↗

Released: 2016-02-05

publiccc0AFDSI-SEQ-953 Country of origin not recorded: see how benefit-sharing works →

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AlphaFold DB proteome: UP000155887 ↗

Proteomics (external sources)

PRIDE — project-level reference (metadata only; no per-protein identifications are available via PRIDE's public API)

IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERISATION OF TAXONOMICALLY INFORMATIVE PEPTIDES BY HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY FOR SOURCE IDENTIFICATION OF TRACE HAIR (PXD065721) ↗AFDSI-PROJREF-336

Identification and Characterisation of Taxonomically Informative Peptides (PXD062555) ↗AFDSI-PROJREF-337

COMPARATIVE PROTEOME ANALYSIS OF BIKANERI AND JAISALMERI CAMEL MILK IN INDIA (PXD058940) ↗AFDSI-PROJREF-338

Paleoproteomic analysis of dental pulp proteins from camel teeth (PXD056179) ↗AFDSI-PROJREF-339

Paleoproteomic profiling for identification of animal skin species in ancient Egyptian archaeological leather using liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) (PXD033367) ↗AFDSI-PROJREF-340

Multiomic analysis of the Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius) kidney reveals a role for cholesterol in water conservation (PXD025644) ↗AFDSI-PROJREF-341

In gel trypsin digested 1 D resolved bands of freeze-dried camel milk (PXD023290) ↗AFDSI-PROJREF-342

Peptidomics analysis of dromedary camel supraoptic nucleus by tandem mass spectrometry (PXD013869) ↗AFDSI-PROJREF-343

Heat shock of camel oocytes (PXD012199) ↗AFDSI-PROJREF-344

thermotolerance of camel cells (PXD012159) ↗AFDSI-PROJREF-345

Metabolic Profiles (external sources)

KEGG: KEGG genome-based metabolic profile (cdk) (View at source ↗) — Genome-based pathway inference (KEGG) — reflects which metabolic pathways this species' annotated genes place it in, not experimentally measured metabolite presenceAFDSI-METABPROF-149

Protein Structures

PGLYRP1 — v3

pLDDT confidence: unknown · ligands: (R)-((2R,3S,4R,5R,6R)-3-HYDROXY-2-(HYDROXYMETHYL)-5-((R)-3-HYDROXYTETRADECANAMIDO)-6-(PHOSPHONOOXY)TETRAHYDRO-2H-PYRAN-4-YL) 3-HYDROXYTETRADECANOATE, L(+)-TARTARIC ACID

Auto-synced from PDBe 3rt4 · View at source ↗

publiccc_byAFDSI-STRUCT-8182-V3

HBA — v3

pLDDT confidence: unknown · ligands: PROTOPORPHYRIN IX CONTAINING FE

Auto-synced from PDBe 3gdj · View at source ↗

publiccc_byAFDSI-STRUCT-8184-V3

HBB — v3

pLDDT confidence: unknown · ligands: PROTOPORPHYRIN IX CONTAINING FE

Auto-synced from PDBe 3gdj · View at source ↗

publiccc_byAFDSI-STRUCT-8178-V3

HBB — v2

pLDDT confidence: unknown · ligands: PROTOPORPHYRIN IX CONTAINING FE

Auto-synced from PDBe 3gdj · View at source ↗

publiccc_byAFDSI-STRUCT-8177-V2

LTF — v2

pLDDT confidence: unknown

Auto-synced from PDBe 1dtz · View at source ↗

publiccc_byAFDSI-STRUCT-8179-V2

Field & Specimen Imaging

camera_trap at Western Sahara · Source: GBIF 6579748348 (View at source ↗)AFDSI-IMG-37900

camera_trap at Morocco · Source: GBIF 6869763122 (View at source ↗)AFDSI-IMG-37901

camera_trap at Libya · Source: GBIF 6869338708 (View at source ↗)AFDSI-IMG-37902

camera_trap at Morocco · Source: GBIF 6870737899 (View at source ↗)AFDSI-IMG-37903

camera_trap at Tunisia · Source: GBIF 6871068851 (View at source ↗)AFDSI-IMG-37904

camera_trap at Western Sahara · Source: GBIF 5938349633 (View at source ↗)AFDSI-IMG-14788

camera_trap at Morocco · Source: GBIF 5938638141 (View at source ↗)AFDSI-IMG-14789

camera_trap at Tanzania, United Republic of · Source: GBIF 6130947946 (View at source ↗)AFDSI-IMG-14790

camera_trap at Ethiopia · Source: GBIF 6131382100 (View at source ↗)AFDSI-IMG-14791

camera_trap at Tanzania, United Republic of · Source: GBIF 6179286354 (View at source ↗)AFDSI-IMG-14792

Cellular & Molecular Imaging (external sources)

BioImage Archive: Darwin Tree of Life - NHM samples image catalogue (View on source archive ↗)AFDSI-CELL-823

Geographic range (Africa)

752 real GBIF-recorded occurrences across Africa — see this species on GBIF ↗.

This reflects real occurrence records submitted to GBIF, not a comprehensive range map — sampling effort varies significantly by country and region, so an absence here doesn't mean the species isn't present.

One Health: known pathogen/reservoir associations

A real, citation-backed link between this species and a documented pathogen or wildlife reservoir host — see the Pathogen-Reservoir page (under One Health) for the full pilot list.

Confirmed

Documented pathogen associated with this species: Staphylococcus aureus Cosmopolitan

Isolated Staphylococcus aureus from a nasal swab of a dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius) and sequenced its genome.

Evidence: Zubair S, Fischer A, Liljander A, Meens J, Hegerman J, Gourlé H, Bishop RP, Roebbelen I, Younan M, Mustafa MI, Mushtaq M, Bongcam-Rudloff E, Jores J. Complete genome sequence of Staphylococcus aureus, strain ILRI_Eymole1/1, isolated from a Kenyan dromedary camel. Stand Genomic Sci (2015). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-015-0098-6. PMID: 26594310. AFDSI-ASSOC-15

Curated by Ms. Sarah C. Ihenko (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom) · ORCID 0009-0009-8896-7809 . Reviewed by the African DSI DataBank.

Confirmed

Documented pathogen associated with this species: Streptococcus agalactiae Endemic in Africa

Seven Streptococcus agalactiae strains isolated from Camelus dromedarius

Evidence: Rothen J, Schindler T, Pothier JF, Younan M, Certa U, Daubenberger C, Pflüger V, Jores J. Draft Genome Sequences of Seven Streptococcus agalactiae Strains Isolated from Camelus dromedarius at the Horn of Africa. Genome Announc (2017). https://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00525-17. PMID: 28705964.

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AFDSI-ASSOC-14

Curated by Ms. Sarah C. Ihenko (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom) · ORCID 0009-0009-8896-7809 . Reviewed by the African DSI DataBank.