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Camelids are large, strictly herbivorous animals with slender necks and long legs. They differ from ruminants in a number of ways. [2] Their dentition show traces of vestigial central incisors in the incisive bone, and the third incisors have developed into canine-like tusks. Camelids also have true canine teeth and tusk-like premolars, which ...
Aepycamelus is an extinct genus of camelids that lived during the Miocene 20.6–4.9 million years ago, existing for about 15.7 million years. [1] Its name is derived from the Homeric Greek αἰπύς, "high and steep" and κάμηλος – "camel"; [2][3] thus, "high camel"; alticamelus in Latin. Aepycamelus spp. walked on their toes only.
Leidy, 1854. Species. † C. kansanus Leidy, 1854. † C. hesternus Leidy, 1873 (type) † C. minidokae Hay, 1927. Camelops is an extinct genus of camel that lived in North and Central America, ranging from Alaska to Honduras, [1] from the middle Pliocene to the end of the Pleistocene. It is more closely related to living camels than to lamines ...
The Bactrian camel shares the genus Camelus with the dromedary (C. dromedarius) and the wild Bactrian camel (C. ferus).The Bactrian camel belongs to the family Camelidae. [1] [5] The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle was the first European to describe the camels: in his 4th century BCE History of Animals, he identified the one-humped Arabian camel and the two-humped Bactrian camel.
A camel (from Latin: camelus and ‹See Tfd› Greek: κάμηλος (kamēlos) from Ancient Semitic: gāmāl[7][8]) is an even-toed ungulate in the genus Camelus that bears distinctive fatty deposits known as "humps" on its back. Camels have long been domesticated and, as livestock, they provide food (camel milk and meat) and textiles (fiber ...
Titanotylopus is an extinct genus of camel (tribe Camelini), endemic to North America from the late Hemphillian stage of the Miocene through the Irvingtonian stage of the Pleistocene. [2] It was one of the last surviving North American camels; after its extinction, only Camelops remained. Its name is derived from the Greek words Τιτάν ...
Paracamelus. Paracamelus is an extinct genus of camel in the family Camelidae. It originated in North America Around 8-7 Ma, and crossed the Beringian land bridge into Eurasia during the Late Miocene, about 6 million years ago (Ma). It is the presumed ancestor to living camels of the genus Camelus.
Camelini. Camelini is a tribe of camelids including all camelids more closely related to modern camels (Camelus) than to Lamini (which contains llamas, alpacas, vicuñas, and guanacos), from which camelines split Approximately 17 million years ago. [2][3] The tribe originated in North America, with the genus Paracamelus migrating over the ...