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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