Camelops
Camelops is an extinct genus of camels that lived in North and Central America, ranging from Alaska to Honduras, from the middle Pliocene to the end of the Pleistocene. It is more closely related to the Old World dromedary and bactrian and wild bactrian camels than to the New World guanaco, vicuña, alpaca and llama; making it a true camel of the Camelini tribe. Its name is derived from the Ancient Greek κάμηλος (cámēlos, "camel") and ὄψ (óps, "face"), i.e. "camel-face".
| Camelops Temporal range: Late Pliocene to late Pleistocene, | |
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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 | |
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†Camelops kansanus Leidy, 1854
†Camelops hesternus Leidy, 1873 (type) | |
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