What are camels?
Q: What are camels?
A: Camels are a mammal of the Camelidae family.
Q: How many species of camels are there?
A: There are three living species of camels.
Q: What are the two types of camels that are best-known?
A: The two types of camels that are best-known are the dromedary (one hump) and bactrian (two humps) camels.
Q: What other animals are included in the camelid family?
A: The other animals that are included in the camelid family are the "New World" camelids: the llama, the alpaca, the guanaco, and the vicuña.
Q: Where and when did the earliest known camel live?
A: The earliest known camel, called Protylopus, lived in North America 40 to 50 million years ago, during the Eocene.
Q: What was the size of the earliest known camel?
A: The earliest known camel, called Protylopus, was about the size of a rabbit.
Q: Where did the earliest known camel live?
A: The earliest known camel lived in the open woodlands of what is now South Dakota.
