Camelidae Author Don E. Wilson Author Russell A. Mittermeier text 2011 2011-08-31 Lynx Edicions Barcelona Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 2 Hoofed Mammals 206 246 book chapter 3350 10.5281/zenodo.5719719 efd20bd6-96ef-4eea-b3dd-b4757b59abe4 978-84-96553-77-4 5719719 Family CAMELIDAE (CAMELS) • Medium-sized to large mammals with forequarters larger than hindquarters, long, small head, slender muzzle with split upper lip, thin neck, padded feet with two toes and nails rather than hooves, and woolly pelage. • 130-410cm . • Palearctic, Afrotropical, and Neotropical Regions. • Desert, semi-arid to arid plains, grassland, steppe, and shrubland; from sea level to 4800 m . • 3 genera, 6 species (including 3 domestic), 9 taxa. • 1 subspecies Critically Endangered, 1 subspecies Endangered; none Extinct since 1600.