Aepycamelus

Aepycamelus; Temporal range:
	Parts of skeleton at American Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Camelidae
Subfamily:	Camelinae
Tribe:	Camelini
Genus:	†Aepycamelus; MacDonald, 1956
Species
	†Aepycamelus alexandrae (Davidson, 1923); †Aepycamelus bradyi MacDonald, 1956; †Aepycamelus elrodi (Douglass, 1909); †Aepycamelus giraffinus (Matthew and Cook, 1909) (type); †Aepycamelus major (Leidy, 1886); †Aepycamelus priscus (Matthew and Cook, 1909); †Aepycamelus procerus (Matthew and Cook, 1909); †Aepycamelus robustus (Leidy, 1858); †Aepycamelus stocki (Henshaw, 1942)
	Geographic range of Aepycamelus

Aepycamelus is an extinct genus of camelids that lived during the Miocene 20.6–4.9 million years ago, existing for about 15.7 million years.^[1] Its name is derived from the Homeric Greek αἰπύς, "high and steep" and κάμηλος – "camel";^[2]^[3] thus, "high camel"; alticamelus in Latin.

Aepycamelus spp. walked on their toes only. Unlike earlier species of camelids, they possessed cushioned pads like those of modern camels.^[4]

^ "PaleoBiology Database: Aepycamelus, basic info". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
^ αἰπύς. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
^ κάμηλος. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
^ Cite error: The named reference EoDP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1] "PaleoBiology Database: Aepycamelus, basic info". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2009-09-18.

[lsj1-2] αἰπύς. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project

[lsj2-3] κάμηλος. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project

[EoDP-4] Cite error: The named reference EoDP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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