Camel

Camel Temporal range: Pliocene – Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Bactrian camel (Camelus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Camelidae
Tribe:	Camelini
Genus:	Camelus Linnaeus, 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]

1. ↑ "Ducksters: Education Site". www.ducksters.com. Archived from the original on 2022-05-26. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
2. ↑ Bornstein, Set (2010). "Important ectoparasites of Alpaca (Vicugna pacos)". Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica. 52 (Suppl 1): S17. doi:10.1186/1751-0147-52-S1-S17. ISSN 1751-0147. PMC 2994293.
3. ↑ Canada’s North, home to bears, and once, camels Archived 2022-05-26 at the Wayback Machine March 5, 2013 New York Times
4. ↑ Harington, C. R. (June 1997). "Ice Age Yukon and Alaskan Camels". Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre. Government of Yukon, Department of Tourism and Culture, Museums Unit. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2012.