Camelidae

family of mammals
Taxon taxon Q135022
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Summary

Camelidae is a taxon[1]. Camelidae ranks in the top 0.55% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,202 views/month, #1,083 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Cameloidea[4], Artiodactyla[5]
  • Taxon name: Camelidae[6]
  • Commons category: Camelidae[7]
  • Taxonomic type: Camelus[8]
  • Unicode character: 🐪[9]
  • Start time: -45000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Camelids[11]
  • Code of nomenclature: International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[12]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14]
  • This taxon is source of: camelid fiber[15], camel meat[16]
  • Taxon common name: Kamele[17], Καμηλίδες[18], Camels[19], Camélidos[20], Kameelen[21], Deve[22], Tevefélék[23], ラクダ科[24], Камили[25], Kameldyr[26], Wielbłądowate[27], Camelídeos[28], Kameldjur[29], Devegiller[30]
  • Different from: Matricaria chamomilla[31]
  • MCN code: 0106.13.00[32]

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Identifiers

Camelidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42231[33]. Camelidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9835[34]. Camelidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7686[35]. Camelidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5716[36]. Camelidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 624918[37].

Why It Matters

Camelidae has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Camelidae is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX538993
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  2. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 02439444-n
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  3. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Lophotrochozoa
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  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → family
    Aliases → —
    Taxonomic type → Camelus
    Code of nomenclature → International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
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