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Comparative Camelid Taxonomy (Text Version)

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|------------|---------------------------------------|
|            |        Old World Camelids - All       |
|            |-------------------|-------------------|
|            |      Bactrian     |     Dromedary     |
|            |       Camel       |       Camel       |
|------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Phylum     |      Chordata     |      Chordata     |
|------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Class      |      Mammalia     |      Mammalia     |
|------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Order      |    Artiodactyla   |    Artiodactyla   |
|------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Sub-order  |      Tylopoda     |      Tylopoda     |
|------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Family     |     Camelidae     |     Camelidae     |
|------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Genus      |      Camelus      |      Camelus      |
|------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Species    |     Bactrianus    |    Dromedarius    |
|------------|-------------------|-------------------|


|------------|---------------------------------------|
|            |   New World Camelids - Domesticated   |
|            |-------------------|-------------------|
|            |       Alpaca      |       Llama       |
|            |                   |                   |
|------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Phylum     |      Chordata     |      Chordata     |
|------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Class      |      Mammalia     |      Mammalia     |
|------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Order      |    Artiodactyla   |    Artiodactyla   |
|------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Sub-order  |      Tylopoda     |      Tylopoda     |
|------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Family     |     Camelidae     |     Camelidae     |
|------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Genus      |       Lama        |       Lama        |
|------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Species    |       Pacos       |       Glama       |
|------------|-------------------|-------------------|

|------------|---------------------------------------|
|            |        New World Camelids - Wild      |
|            |-------------------|-------------------|
|            |      Guanaco      |       Vicuna      |
|            |                   |                   |
|------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Phylum     |      Chordata     |      Chordata     |
|------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Class      |      Mammalia     |      Mammalia     |
|------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Order      |    Artiodactyla   |    Artiodactyla   |
|------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Sub-order  |      Tylopoda     |      Tylopoda     |
|------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Family     |      Camelidae    |      Camelidae    |
|------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Genus      |        Lama       |       Vicugna     |
|------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Species    |      Guanicoe     |       Vicugna     |
|------------|-------------------|-------------------|
     

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