This site presents the suggested finnish names for mammals of the world. Taxonomy may contain errors. It is mainly based on Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (ed., 1993) Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic reference (2nd ed. Smithsonian Inst. Press, Washington DC)

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family

Camelidae Gray, 1821

Common names:

English:

camels and relatives

Finnish:

kamelit (new name),
kamelieläimet (old name)

Classification

kingdom	Animalia
phylum	Chordata	chordates
class	Mammalia	mammals
order	Artiodactyla	even-toed ungulates
family	Camelidae	camels and relatives

Animalia
- Chordata (chordates)
  - Mammalia (mammals)
    - Monotremata (monotremes)
    - Didelphimorphia (american opossums)
    - Paucituberculata (shrew opossums)
    - Microbiotheria (colocolos, monitos del monte)
    - Dasyuromorphia (carnivorous marsupials)
    - Peramelemorphia (bandicoots and bilbies)
    - Notoryctemorphia (marsupial moles)
    - Diprotodontia (koalas, wombats, possums, macropods and relatives)
    - Xenarthra (edentates)
    - Insectivora (insectivores)
    - Scandentia (tree shrews)
    - Dermoptera (flying lemurs)
    - Chiroptera
    - Primates (primates)
    - Carnivora (carnivores)
    - Cetacea (whales, dolphins and porpoises)
    - Sirenia (manatees, dugongs and sea cows)
    - Proboscidea (elephants)
    - Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates)
    - Hyracoidea (hyraxes)
    - Tubulidentata
    - Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
      - Suidae (pigs and hogs)
      - Tayassuidae (peccaries)
      - Hippopotamidae (hippopotamuses)
      - Camelidae (camels and relatives)
      - Tragulidae (chevrotains)
      - Giraffidae (giraffe and okapi)
      - Moschidae (musk deers)
      - Cervidae (deers)
      - Antilocapridae
      - Bovidae (cattle, antelopes, sheeps and goats)
    - Pholidota (pangolins, scaly ant-eaters)
    - Rodentia
    - Lagomorpha (rabbits, hares and pikas)
    - Macroscelidea (elephant shrews)