Genus Camelus Linnaeus, 1758

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Genus Camelus Linnaeus, 1758

Camelus Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [65].
Type species:
Camelus dromedarius Linneaus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Hay, O.P. 1902. Bibliography and catalogue of the fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179: 1-868 [680]; Allen, G.M. 1939. A checklist of African mammals. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 83: 1-763 [465]; International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1947. Opinion 16. The status, under rule (d) in Article 30, of a pre-binomial specific name, published prior to 1758, in relation to a generic name published on, or before, 31st December 1930. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1: 255-302 [279-280-282-283] (but the type is not fixed by Opinion 16).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Hickman, G.C. 1981. National mammal guides: a review of references to Recent faunas. Mammal Review 11: 53-85

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

The Palaearctic, Ethiopian and Oriental Regions largely by introduction as a domesticated species, probably native only to SW Asia.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NT, Qld, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Ethiopia

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, W plateau
- Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf
- South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, W plateau
- Western Australia: W plateau

Oriental Region

Palaearctic Region

Distribution References

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
16-Dec-2010		19-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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