CAMELIDAE, Gray, 1821

Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2011, Camelidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 2 Hoofed Mammals, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 206-246 : 206

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5719719

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6557281

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scientific name

CAMELIDAE
status

 

Family CAMELIDAE View in CoL (CAMELS)

• Medium-sized to large mammals with forequarters larger than hindquarters, long, small head, slender muzzle with split upper lip, thin neck, padded feet with two toes and nails rather than hooves, and woolly pelage.

• 130-410cm. View Figure

• Palearctic, Afrotropical, and Neotropical Regions. View Figure

• Desert, semi-arid to arid plains, grassland, steppe, and shrubland; from sea level to 4800 m.

• 3 genera, 6 species (including 3 domestic), 9 taxa. View Subdivision of the Camelidae

• 1 subspecies Critically Endangered, 1 subspecies Endangered; none Extinct since 1600.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Artiodactyla

Family

Camelidae

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