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The family camelids includes camels and llamas. Do all the living members of the family form a clase? Explain?

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Camelids are members of the biological family Camelidae, the only currently living family in the suborder Tylopoda. The 7 extant members of this group are: dromedary camels, Bactrian camels, wild Bactrian camels, llamas, alpacas, vicuñas, and guanacos. Camelids are even-toed ungulates classified in the order Cetartiodactyla, along with species like whales, pigs, deer, cattle, and antelopes.

Kingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:MammaliaOrder:ArtiodactylaSuborder:TylopodaSuperfamily:CameloideaFamily:Camelidae

Gray, 1821Type genusCamelus

Tribes

Camelini Gray, 1821

Lamini Webb, 1965

Current range of camelids, all species

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