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Camelids are members of the biological family Camelidae, the only currently living family in the suborder Tylopoda. The seven extant members of this group are: dromedary camels , Bactrian camels , wild Bactrian camels , llamas , alpacas , vicuñas , and guanacos .
Pages in category "Camelids" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Approximately 3.3 million camels and camelids are slaughtered each year for meat worldwide. [131] A camel carcass can provide a substantial amount of meat. The male dromedary carcass can weigh 300–400 kg (661–882 lb), while the carcass of a male Bactrian can weigh up to 650 kg (1,433 lb).
Skull of a guanaco. Guanacos stand between 1.0 and 1.3 m (3 ft 3 in and 4 ft 3 in) at the shoulder, body length of 2.1 to 2.2 m (6 ft 11 in to 7 ft 3 in), [5] [6] [7] and weigh 90 to 140 kg (200 to 310 lb). [8]
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.
Tylopoda (meaning "calloused foot") [1] is a suborder of terrestrial herbivorous even-toed ungulates belonging to the order Artiodactyla.They are found in the wild in their native ranges of South America and Asia, while Australian feral camels are introduced.
The vicuña (Lama vicugna) or vicuna [3] (both / v ɪ ˈ k uː n j ə /, very rarely spelled vicugna, its former genus name) [4] [5] is one of the two wild South American camelids, which live in the high alpine areas of the Andes; the other camelid is the guanaco, which lives at lower elevations.
Pages in category "Individual camelids" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. G. Geronimo (alpaca) R.