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Taxonomy
Camelus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type is Camelus dromedarius. It is the type genus of Cameloidea, Camelinae.
It was assigned to Pecora by Linnaeus (1758); to Camelina by Gray (1825); to Ruminantia by Owen (1848), Lydekker (1876); to Camelinae by Hay (1902), Simpson (1945); to Camelidae by Carroll (1988), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); and to Camelini by Webb (1965), Stanley et al. (1994), Harris et al. (2010), Lynch et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Pecora by Linnaeus (1758); to Camelina by Gray (1825); to Ruminantia by Owen (1848), Lydekker (1876); to Camelinae by Hay (1902), Simpson (1945); to Camelidae by Carroll (1988), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); and to Camelini by Webb (1965), Stanley et al. (1994), Harris et al. (2010), Lynch et al. (2020).
Species
C. antiquus, C. arctoamericanus, C. bactrianus, C. dromedarius (type species), C. grattardi, C. knoblochi, C. sivalensis, C. thomasi
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Camelus Linnaeus p. 65 |
| 1825 | Camelus Gray p. 342 |
| 1848 | Camelus Owen p. 139 |
| 1876 | Camelus Lydekker |
| 1902 | Camelus Hay p. 680 |
| 1945 | Camelus Simpson p. 150 |
| 1965 | Camelus Webb p. 44 |
| 1988 | Camelus Carroll |
| 1994 | Camelus Stanley et al. p. 1 |
| 2008 | Camelus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 5 |
| 2010 | Camelus Harris et al. p. 824 |
| 2020 | Camelus Lynch et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Camelus Linnaeus 1758 [camel]
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†Camelus antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1836
†Camelus arctoamericanus Hay 1921
Camelus bactrianus Linnaeus 1758
Camelus dromedarius Linnaeus 1758
†Camelus grattardi Geraads 2014
†Camelus knoblochi Nehring 1901
†Camelus sivalensis Falconer and Cautley 1836
†Camelus thomasi Pomel 1893
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available