The Evolution of the Camel

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[eliforeal]

Haha, that timing though, moth light media just did a video on the high Arctic camel

[erstwhilegrubstake]

5:34 Ah yes, the moose as a reference for size. As a Canadian I now understand. :)

[mauretaniafan]

you are one of the first large youtuber that I have to turn my volume up on.
good job, not going "loud=funny"

[rasmusn.e.m]

I mean, I don't think it's that surprising that camels could have lived in (sub)arctic environments. Especially considering Bactrian camels. Have you ever seen how many clothes people from Mongolia wear? Also, deserts get cold at night. The main adaptation in common with these two environments is to the dryness and scarcity of resources.

[erichtomanek]

I thought you may have mentioned that feral Dromedary Camels thrive in Australia's deserts.

[indyreno]

Can you also do a video on the evolution of deer?

[indyreno]

Artiodactyla is divided into eleven extant families and two suborders defined by their diet:

Taxonomy:
• Order: Artiodactyla (Even-Toed Hoofed Mammals)
•• Suborder: Neoselenodontia (Herbivorous Artiodactyls)
••• Family: Camelidae (Camels)
••• Family: Tragulidae (Chevrotains)
••• Family: Hydropotidae (Water Deer)
••• Family: Moschidae (Musk Deer)
••• Family: Cervidae (Deer)
••• Family: Bovidae (Bovids)
••• Family: Giraffidae (Giraffes and Okapi)
••• Family: Antilocapridae (Pronghorn)
•• Suborder: Bunodontia (Omnivorous Artiodactyls)
••• Family: Tayassuidae (Peccaries)
••• Family: Suidae (Pigs)
••• Family: Hippopotamidae (Hippos)

[indyreno]

There are eight extant species of camel placed into four genera, a camel is any even-toed hoofed mammal representing the family Camelidae, all extant camels live exclusively in Africa, Asia, and South America, earlier camels lived in North America

Taxonomy:
• Family: Camelidae (Camels)
•• Subfamily: Camelinae (Modern Camels)
••• Tribe: Lamini (Modern Humpless Camels)
•••• Genus: Vicugna (Vicuna and Alpaca)
••••• Species: Vicugna vicugna (Vicuna)
••••• Species: Vicugna pacos (Alpaca)
•••• Genus: Lama (Guanaco and Llama)
••••• Species: Lama guanicoe (Guanaco)
••••• Species: Lama glama (Llama)
••• Tribe: Camelini (Humped Camels)
•••• Genus: Dromedarius (Dromedaries)
••••• Species: Dromedarius arabicus (Asian Dromedary)
••••• Species: Dromedarius dromedarius (African Dromedary)
•••• Genus: Camelus (Two-Humped Camels)
••••• Species: Camelus bactrianus (Greater Two-Humped Camel)
••••• Species: Camelus ferus (Lesser Two-Humped Camel)

Contrary to popular belief, not all camels are found exclusively in deserts, only dromedaries (genus Dromedarius) are used to living in deserts and other tropical climate such as savannas and jungles, while other camels (genera Lama, Vicugna, and Camelus) do not live in deserts at all, they are used to much colder or more temperate climate, the camels found in South America such as llamas, guanacos, vicunas, and alpacas live in the mountainous areas of Southern South America, while the two-humped camels or bactrian camels are found in the Himalayas, the main natural predator of the two camels native to the Himalayas is the Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia), other predators include the Brown Bear (Ursus arctos), Asiatic Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus), and Grey Wolf (Canis lupus), camels are one of the remnants of megafauna, this makes sense as Africa and Asia are the only continents to have many currently living megafauna that are placental mammals.

[taylorshelton]

Thanks for doing a video on my favorite animal Animal Origins. I always like seeing camels in zoo's and it is amazing to see fossil camels that lived all over North America until the end of the pleistocene epoch and during the late miocene and pliocene epochs they migrated into Eurasia, Africa, and South America which means they lived on every continent except Australia ( at least until the 1800's when they were introduced there by British colonists) and Antarctica. My favorite prehistoric camel is aepycamelus because it has a long neck like a giraffe and is nicknamed the giraffe-camel.

[monteagudoabeezekieljardie]

Great video! The first time I have seen this kind of topic on Camel evolution was PBS Eons version or take on the topic. They talked about how Notth American camels evolved from forest-dwelling animals like horses, to the ships of the deserts we know today. Perhaps you can a video on the evolution of whales and dolphins, cats and dogs, the big cats or about the bear dogs.

[kamion]

@9:05
I find this the most beautiful picture of a camel because of the mixing of the one hump dromidare with the thick fur of a Bactrian camel.

[aztecdragon]

You should do a video about Kangaroos or tree kangaroos

[samwell]

This answered all my questions. Thank you so much

[Subfightr]

I have basically been looking for a channel like this ever since I stumbled upon YouTube like... 10 years ago. Awesome man, thank you so much for your work!

[hsdinoman]

what about the feral dromedaries in Australia

[marcosalerno]

Great video! I love camelids 😍🐫🦙
Do you do the evolution of Bovidae? 🐂🐑🐐

[thedoomofred]

Fun fact: camels can eat the creosol bush found in the American southwest. The creosol bush has adapted specifically to be unappealing to depredation. This behavior only reinforces there north American ancestry.

[MaryAnnNytowl]

Nicely done. I'll check out some of your other stuff. You've got a new sub here.

[gattycroc]

do you do reptiles because I really want to see a video about the sebecids.

[amberwright]

I enjoy your educational videos and the only negative thing that I can say about them is the audio is quiet and I have to turn my volume all the way up to hear what you are saying.