The camélidés are Mammifère S Artiodactyle S.
The family of camélidés includes/understands, currently, 3 kinds and 7 species:
- kind Camelus
- Camelus dromediarus (Dromadaire)
- Camelus bactrianus (Chameau of Bactriane)
- Camelus set (wild Chameau of Tartarie) which recently, is recognized like a species appreciably different from the domestic species of Bactriane.
These the last two kinds live in the new world whereas first is originating in Africa/Asia.
The camélidés are only the Mammifère S which have Hématie S which kept their core.
Origin
Camélidés are mammals artiodactyles of North-American origin, but they disappeared from this continent whereas they spread in South America, in Asia, then in Africa, continents where they survived to give rise to the modern species.
Taxonomy
This taxon was included among the Tylopodes.
Camélidés and the man
The prehistoric man drove out camélidés for their flesh, and certain paleontologists suspectent it to have exterminated these animals in North America, during the Holocène.
On the other hand, the Indians of South America, the Asian ones and the Africans domesticated successfully camélidés, animals not very demanding and adaptable to difficult climatic conditions (high mountain in the first case, desert in the second), creating races sometimes very distinct from their wild ancestors (like the Alpaga with thick wool).
The South American species were especially used for their wool, and the species of the Old world as bldg. and draft animals But, in both cases, the men could find other utilities in these animals, for example by consuming their meat (which is in spite of not very tasty, and which is prohibited in certain traditions, as at the Juif S).
Since the 19th century, the Westerners also tried to acclimatize camélidés (all at least their domestic forms) in Europe, North America and Australia, with more or less of success.
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