Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Camelids Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Camelidae Species  Lama glama  Lama pacos  Lama guanicoe  Vicugna vicugna  Camelus dromedarius  Camelus bactrianus The four llamas and two camels are camelids: members of the biological family Camelidae, the only family in the suborder Tylopoda. Camelids are even-toed ungulates: they are classified in the same order as the pigs, peccaries and hippos (suborder Suidae) and the extraordinarily successful and diverse suborder Ruminantia (which includes cattle, goats, antelope and many others). Like many of the Ruminantia, camelids tend to be large and strictly herbivorous. They differ most notably by having a three-chambered rather than a four-chambered digestive tract, and in having incisors in the upper jaw. ORDER ARTIODACTYLA Suborder Suina Family Suidae: pigs Family Hippopotamidae: hippos Family Tayassuidae: peccaries Suborder Tylopoda Family Camelidae Llama, Lama glama Alpaca, Lama pacos Guaaco, Lama guanicoe Vicuna, Vicugna vicugna Dromedary, Camelus dromedarius Bactrian Camel, Camelus bactrianus Suborder Ruminantia Family Tragulidae: chevrotains Family Moschidae: musk deer Family Cervidae: deer Family Giraffidae: Giraffe and Okapi Family Antilocapridae: Pronghorn Family Bovidae: cattle, goats, sheep, and antelope This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.