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CamelTemporal range: Pliocene – Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
A shaggy two-humped camel
Bactrian camel (Camelus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Camelidae
Tribe: Camelini
Genus: CamelusLinnaeus, 1758
Species

Camelus bactrianus Camelus dromedarius Camelus ferus

Synonyms
List
  • Camellus Molina, 1782
  • Dromedarius Gloger, 1841

Camels are mammals of the Camelidae family. Camels form the genus Camelus. There are three living species of camels. Best-known are the dromedary (one hump) and Bactrian (two humps) camels.[1]

The camelids, as a family, include the "New World" camelids: the llama, the alpaca, the guanaco, and the vicuña.[2]

The earliest known camel, called Protylopus, lived in North America 40 to 50 million years ago, during the Eocene.[3] It was about the size of a rabbit and lived in the open woodlands of what is now South Dakota.[4]

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