Aepycamelus
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 A twentieth-century artist's rendering of an Aepycamelus
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Aepycamelus alexandrae |
Aepycamelus is an extinct species of camelid, formerly called Alticamelus in scientific literature. Its name is derived from the Homeric Greek αἰπύς, "high and steep" and κάμελος - "camel"; thus, "high camel"; alticamelus in Latin.
Aepycamelus lived during the Miocene period on the prairies of North America. It had a long and s-shaped neck, which it used to feed on plants.
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