Camelops | |
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Restoration of Camelops hesternus | |
Information | |
Range | Western North America |
Scientific Classification | |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Mammalia |
Order | Artiodactyla |
Family | Camelidae |
Genus | †Camelopini |
Species | †C. sulcatus †C. huerfanensis †C. kansanus †C. traviswhitei †C. hesternus †C. minidokae |
Conservation Status | |
Extinct |
The Camelops is an extinct genus of camel that once roamed western North America, where it disappeared at the end of the Pleistocene about 10,000 years ago. Its name is derived from the Greek κάμελος (camel) + ὀψ (face), thus "camel-face."