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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Camelidae |
| Tribe: | Camelini |
| Genus: | † Hesperocamelus MacDonald, 1949 |
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Hesperocamelus is an extinct genus of terrestrial herbivore in the family Camelidae, endemic to North America from the Miocene. [1]
Hesperocamelus was named by Macdonald (1949). It was assigned to Camelidae by Macdonald (1949) and Carroll (1988). [2] [3] Its name comes from the Ancient Greek : ἕσπερος (hésperos, "western") [4] and κάμηλος (kámelos, "camel"), [5] Latinised.
Fossil distribution is restricted to Nevada and California.
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