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Camelinae

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Kingdom
  
Class
  
Lifespan
  
Dromedary: 40 years

Rank
  
Subfamily

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Artiodactyla

Height
  
Dromedary: 1.8 – 2 m

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Mass
  
Bactrian camel: 480 kg, Dromedary: 400 – 600 kg

Gestation period
  
Bactrian camel: 13 months, Dromedary: 15 months

Similar
  
Camel, Camelini, Bactrian camel, Dromedary, Camelops

Camelinae is a subfamily of terrestrial herbivore of the family Camelidae, endemic to Asia, Eurasia, South America, North America, and Africa appearing during the Eocene 38 mya, existing for approximately 38 million years.

Camelinae include the tribes Camelini and Lamini.

Taxonomy

Camelinae was named by Gray (1821). Its type is Camelus. It was assigned to Camelidae by Stanley et al. (1994) and Ruez (2005).

References

Camelinae Wikipedia


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