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List of camelids
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Female camel and her calf in Wadi Sumayni, Oman, the adult with a sandy coat and single hump standing protectively beside the smaller calf in an arid desert landscape.
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Female camel and her calf in Wadi Sumayni, Oman, the adult with a sandy coat and single hump standing protectively beside the smaller calf in an arid desert landscape.
Dromedary camels A female dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius) and her calf in Wadi Sumayni, Oman.

List of camelids

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List of camelids, This is a list of the seven extant species of camelids (members of the family Camelidae) ordered alphabetically by common name. (See also artiodactyl; mammalogy.)

genus Camelus

genus Lama

genus Vicugna

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica This article was most recently revised and updated by Melissa Petruzzello.