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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA" title="جمليات – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="جمليات" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelidae" title="Camelidae – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Camelidae" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C9%99v%C9%99kimil%C9%99r" title="Dəvəkimilər – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Dəvəkimilər" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%8F%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%8E%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%8F" title="Вярблюдавыя – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Вярблюдавыя" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8" title="Камилови – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Камилови" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelidae" title="Camelidae – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Camelidae" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cam%C3%A8lids" title="Camèlids – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Camèlids" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelidae" title="Camelidae – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Camelidae" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velbloudovit%C3%AD" title="Velbloudovití – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Velbloudovití" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kameler_og_lamaer" title="Kameler og lamaer – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Kameler og lamaer" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamele" title="Kamele – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kamele" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaamellased" title="Kaamellased – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kaamellased" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelidae" title="Camelidae – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Camelidae" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelidae" title="Camelidae – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Camelidae" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kameledoj" title="Kameledoj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kameledoj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamelido" title="Kamelido – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Kamelido" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86" title="شتران – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شتران" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelidae" title="Camelidae – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Camelidae" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamieleftigen" title="Kamieleftigen – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Kamieleftigen" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelidae" title="Camelidae – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Camelidae" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelidae" title="Camelidae – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Camelidae" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cam%C3%A9lidos" title="Camélidos – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Camélidos" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%82%99%ED%83%80%EA%B3%BC" title="낙타과 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="낙타과" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A3" title="उष्ट्रगण – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="उष्ट्रगण" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deve" title="Deve – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Deve" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelidae" title="Camelidae – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Camelidae" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelides" title="Camelides – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Camelides" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelidae" title="Camelidae – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Camelidae" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D" title="גמליים – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="גמליים" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelidae" title="Camelidae – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Camelidae" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%A5%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="აქლემისებრნი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="აქლემისებრნი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D2%AF%D0%B9%D0%B5%D1%82%D3%99%D1%80%D1%96%D0%B7%D0%B4%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Түйетәрізділер – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Түйетәрізділер" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cwol_(Camelidae)" title="Cwol (Camelidae) – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="Cwol (Camelidae)" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fam%C3%AEleya_h%C3%AA%C5%9Ftiran" title="Famîleya hêştiran – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Famîleya hêştiran" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelidae" title="Camelidae – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Camelidae" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamie%C4%BCu_dzimta" title="Kamieļu dzimta – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Kamieļu dzimta" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kam%C3%A9iler" title="Kaméiler – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Kaméiler" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kupranugariniai" title="Kupranugariniai – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kupranugariniai" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemelechtege" title="Kemelechtege – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Kemelechtege" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jbo mw-list-item"><a href="https://jbo.wikipedia.org/wiki/kumte" title="kumte – Lojban" lang="jbo" hreflang="jbo" data-title="kumte" data-language-autonym="La .lojban." data-language-local-name="Lojban" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>La .lojban.</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tevef%C3%A9l%C3%A9k" title="Tevefélék – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Tevefélék" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8" title="Камили – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Камили" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%89%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%B6%E0%B4%BF" title="ഉഷ്ട്രവംശി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഉഷ്ട്രവംശി" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA" title="جمليات – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="جمليات" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kameelachtigen" title="Kameelachtigen – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Kameelachtigen" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%80%E7%A7%91" title="ラクダ科 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ラクダ科" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kameelen" title="Kameelen – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Kameelen" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kameldyr" title="Kameldyr – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Kameldyr" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamelfamilien" title="Kamelfamilien – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Kamelfamilien" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelidae" title="Camelidae – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Camelidae" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D3%B1%D0%B5-%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BA" title="Тӱе-влак – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="Тӱе-влак" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D9%B9%DA%BE_%D9%B9%D8%A8%D8%B1" title="اونٹھ ٹبر – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="اونٹھ ٹبر" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wielb%C5%82%C4%85dowate" title="Wielbłądowate – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Wielbłądowate" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelidae" title="Camelidae – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Camelidae" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelide" title="Camelide – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Camelide" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%8E%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B5" title="Верблюдовые – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Верблюдовые" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelid" title="Camelid – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Camelid" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamelid%C3%ABt" title="Kamelidët – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Kamelidët" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelidae" title="Camelidae – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Camelidae" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Camel_seitlich_trabend.jpg/230px-Camel_seitlich_trabend.jpg" decoding="async" width="230" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Camel_seitlich_trabend.jpg/345px-Camel_seitlich_trabend.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Camel_seitlich_trabend.jpg/460px-Camel_seitlich_trabend.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2049" data-file-height="1585" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 88%">A <a href="/wiki/Bactrian_Camel" class="mw-redirect" title="Bactrian Camel">Bactrian Camel</a> walking in the snow </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="min-width:15em; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Taxonomy_(biology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Taxonomy (biology)">Scientific classification</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Kingdom: </td> <td><div style="display:inline" class="kingdom"><a href="/wiki/Animal" title="Animal">Animalia</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Phylum: </td> <td><div style="display:inline" class="phylum"><a href="/wiki/Chordata" class="mw-redirect" title="Chordata">Chordata</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Class: </td> <td><div style="display:inline" class="class"><a href="/wiki/Mammal" title="Mammal">Mammalia</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Order: </td> <td><div style="display:inline" class="order"><a href="/wiki/Artiodactyla" class="mw-redirect" title="Artiodactyla">Artiodactyla</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Suborder: </td> <td><div style="display:inline" class="suborder"><a href="/wiki/Tylopoda" class="mw-redirect" title="Tylopoda">Tylopoda</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Family: </td> <td><div style="display:inline" class="family"><b>Camelidae</b></div><br /><div style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/John_Edward_Gray" title="John Edward Gray">Gray</a>, 1821</div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align: center; background-color: 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Solid black lines indicate possible migration routes. </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>Camelids</b> are a group of <a href="/wiki/Even-toed_ungulate" class="mw-redirect" title="Even-toed ungulate">even-toed ungulate</a> <a href="/wiki/Mammal" title="Mammal">mammals</a>. They form the <a href="/wiki/Family_(biology)" title="Family (biology)">family</a> <b>Camelidae</b>. There are six living <a href="/wiki/Species" title="Species">species</a> of camelids. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jordantal-12-Kamelkind-2010-gje.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Jordantal-12-Kamelkind-2010-gje.jpg/220px-Jordantal-12-Kamelkind-2010-gje.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Jordantal-12-Kamelkind-2010-gje.jpg/330px-Jordantal-12-Kamelkind-2010-gje.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Jordantal-12-Kamelkind-2010-gje.jpg/440px-Jordantal-12-Kamelkind-2010-gje.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4381" data-file-height="2981" /></a><figcaption>Camelus dromedarius, young animal</figcaption></figure> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Taxonomy">Taxonomy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Camelid&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Taxonomy" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Camelid&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Taxonomy"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Camelidae</b> <ul><li>Genus <i>Lamma</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Llama" title="Llama">Llama</a>, <i>Lama glama</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guanaco" title="Guanaco">Guanaco</a>, <i>Lama guanicoe</i></li></ul></li> <li>Genus: <i>Vicugna</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vicu%C3%B1a" title="Vicuña">Vicuña</a>, <i>Vicugna vicugna</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alpaca" title="Alpaca">Alpaca</a>, <i>Vicugna pacos</i>, formerly <i>Lama pacos</i></li></ul></li> <li>Genus <i><a href="/wiki/Camel" title="Camel">Camelus</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dromedary" class="mw-redirect" title="Dromedary">Dromedary</a>, <i>Camelus dromedarius</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bactrian_Camel" class="mw-redirect" title="Bactrian Camel">Bactrian Camel</a>, <i>Camelus bactrianus</i></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <p>The animals of the genus <i>Camelus</i> are also called <i>Afro-Asiatic Camelids</i>. The animals of the genus <i>Lama</i> and genus <i>Vicugna</i> are also called <i>South American Camelids</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hybrid">Hybrid</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Camelid&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Hybrid" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Camelid&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Hybrid"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There also exists a camelid <a href="/wiki/Hybrid" title="Hybrid">hybrid</a> called a <i>Cama</i>. It is the child of a female Llama and a male Dromedary Camel. The Cama does not exist in nature, but is "made" by humans through <a href="/wiki/Artificial_insemination" title="Artificial insemination">artificial insemination</a> (that means the <a href="/wiki/Sperm" title="Sperm">sperm</a> is artificially put into the female). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Habitat">Habitat</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Camelid&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: Habitat" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Camelid&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Habitat"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The two <i>Camelus</i> species originally lived in northern <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a>, south-west and eastern <a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a>. The other four camelids lived in <a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Camelids_and_humans">Camelids and humans</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Camelid&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: Camelids and humans" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Camelid&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Camelids and humans"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Camelids have been <a href="/wiki/Domestication" title="Domestication">domesticated</a> by humans for about 5000 years. 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