Note 188 — Chapter IX · THE ORDER UNGULATA

There is much confusion as to the proper use of the names Camel and Dromedary. It is now generally accepted that the former is the common term for all the members of the genus, and that Dromedary should be confined to the lighter and swifter breeds of the one-humped species. One of the oldest pictures of the two-humped Camel extant, painted on the wall of the Chapter House of Westminster Abbey, has, however, “Dromedary” inscribed under it.