The dromedary camel lives in desert and arid environments.
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The dromedary is extinct in the wild and is now kept as a domestic animal. It is kept across a range stretching from Senegal and Mauritania in the west to Somalia and Kenya in the east, and across North Africa, the Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula and Iran to north-western India. Feral populations introduced to central Australia also exist.
In NAKTASHIF worlds:Introduction to the biodiversity and habitats of the Arabian PeninsulaDeserts and arid lands
Approved version OWNER-REVIEW-20261022T135712237 · last approved 22 October 2026
According to FAO statistics, only the Arabian camel (dromedary) is found in the countries of Africa, the Near and Middle East and South Asia. Countries recording it include Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Western Sahara, Senegal, Algeria, Tunisia, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Mali, Niger, Chad, Nigeria, Kenya, Djibouti and Namibia (since the first decade of the 21st century), as well as Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Kuwait, Turkey, Syria, the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Pakistan and India.