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Taxon: Family Camelidae Gray, 1821 - camels, guanaco, llama, alpaca, and vicuña (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Cetartiodactyla

Subsequent positions

Cameloidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821

Original entries

Questionably Aepycamelinae (Subfamily) Webb, 1965
Questionably Camelinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821
Questionably Floridatragulinae (Subfamily) Maglio, 1966
Questionably Miolabinae (Subfamily) Hay, 1902
Questionably Miotylopus (Genus) Schlaikjer, 1935
Questionably Poebrodontinae (Subfamily) Wilson, 1974
Questionably Poebrotheriinae (Subfamily) Cope, 1874
Questionably Pseudolabidinae (Subfamily) Simpson, 1945
Questionably Stenomylinae (Subfamily) Matthew, Gregory & Mosenthal, 1910

Current position

Cameloidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 413.

Alternative positions

Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 59.
Cetartiodactyla (Order) Montgelard, Catzeflis & Douzery, 1997 Ref: X. Zhou et al., 2012: 160
Tylopoda (Suborder) "Illiger, 1811" Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Tylopoda (Infraorder) "Illiger, 1811" Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 444.

Historical positions

Tylopoda (Suborder) "Illiger, 1811" Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Tylopoda (Infraorder) "Illiger, 1811" Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 444.
Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 59.
Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: P. Grubb, 2005: 645.
Tylopoda (Infraorder) "Illiger, 1811" Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 401.
Cameloidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 413.
Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: 1995
Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: P. Grubb, 1993: 381; 6.
Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 126.
Cameloidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 641.
Tylopoda (Suborder) "Illiger, 1811" Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1059.
Tylopoda (Suborder) "Illiger, 1811" Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Tylopoda (Suborder) "Illiger, 1811" Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Tylopoda (Suborder) "Illiger, 1811" Ref: G.G. Simpson, 1945

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 3g;4s;5ss; †39g;7s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 30 Apr 2021 [3g;4s;5ss; †39g]
2011 D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 59 3g;6s
2005 P. Grubb: 647 [3g;4s;5ss]
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [3g; †39g]
1993 P. Grubb 3g;6s
1991 G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill [3g];4[7]s
1982 A.F. DeBlase 2g;[4s];(5ss)
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Last updated: 1 Feb 2024