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Camelops
Extinct genus of mammals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 (llamas, alpacas, vicuñas, and guanacos), making it a true camel of the Camelini tribe.[1][2] Its name is derived from the Ancient Greek κάμηλος (cámēlos, "camel")[3] and ὄψ (óps, "face"),[4] i.e. "camel-face".
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Camelops | |
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Mounted skeleton of Camelops hesternus in the George C. Page Museum, Los Angeles | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Camelidae |
Subfamily: | Camelinae |
Tribe: | Camelini |
Genus: | †Camelops Leidy, 1854 |
Species | |
†C. kansanus Leidy, 1854 |
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