Auchenia californica Leidy 1870 (camel)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae

Alternative combination: Camelops californicus

Full reference: J. Leidy. 1870. [Abstract of remarks made before a meeting of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, November 15th, 1870]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 22(3):125-127

Belongs to Auchenia according to J. Leidy 1873

See also Hay 1902, Hay 1913, Leidy 1870 and Webb 1965

Sister taxa: Lama (Lama), Lama castelnaudi, Lama glama, Lama gracilis, Lama guanicoe, Lama intermedia, Lama mesolithica, Lama pacos, Auchenia ensenadensis, Auchenia mesolithica, Auchenia cordubensis, Auchenia injanensis

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Auchenia californica in the database

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