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family

camels
Camelidae Gray, 1821

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Artiodactyla - even-toed ungulates

Temporal range:Upper Eocene - recent

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Camelus dromedarius - Dromedary Camel

Camelus dromedarius - Dromedary Camel

Author: Petr Pivoňka

Vicugna vicugna - Vicugna

Lama guanicoe - Guanaco

Lama guanicoe - Guanaco

Author: McMammal
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Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 14

genus Aepycamelus MacDonald, 1956 †
genus Camelops Leidy, 1854 †
genus Camelus Linnaeus, 1758 - camels
genus Gigantocamelus Barbour & Schultz, 1939 †
genus Hemiauchenia Gervais & Ameghino, 1880
genus Lama G. Cuvier, 1800
genus Oxydactylus Peterson, 1904 †
genus Palauchenia Owen, 1869 †
genus Paracamelus Schlosser, 1903 †
genus Poebrotherium Leidy, 1847 †
genus Procamelus Leidy, 1858 †
genus Stenomylus Peterson, 1906 †
genus Titanotylopus Barbour & Schultz, 1934 †
genus Vicugna Lesson, 1842

Links and literature

CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Camelidae]
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† extinct taxon



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