Dromedary << DROM uh `dehr` ee >>, also called Arabian camel, is a swift camel used mainly for transportation and food in dry parts of India, the Middle East, and Africa. It sometimes grows to be 7 feet (2 meters) tall. The dromedary has only one hump. It can live on small amounts of food and water and has great endurance for desert travel. The dromedary has a swinging pace and can travel at a rate of about 10 miles (16 kilometers) an hour. It can cover 100 miles (160 kilometers) in a day. It produces rich milk, and its hair is used for cloth. Truly wild dromedaries no longer exist, but there are thousands of feral dromedaries in the deserts of Australia—that is, domesticated animals that have returned to the wild.
