Biology:Alforjas
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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Camelidae |
| Tribe: | Lamini |
| Genus: | †Alforjas Harrison, 1979[1] |
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Alforjas is an extinct genus of camelid, endemic to North America. They lived during the Late Miocene 10.3—5.3 mya existing for approximately 5 million years.[2]
Alforjas is Spanish for the saddle bags used on domestic llamas. The name has a regional association with the meaning of humps or lumps.[1] Alforjas differs from Pleiolama, Hemiauchenia, Palaeolama, and Lama in its greater height of crown, larger size, and longer snout.[1]
The range of the Alforjas include the Mexican states of Zacatecas and Guanajauto, and the U.S. states of Oregon, California , Nevada, Idaho, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas , Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas , and Nebraska.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Harrison, J. A (1979). "Revision of the Camelinae (Artiodactyla, Tylopoda) and description of the new genus Alforjas". University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 95 (4): 1–28. https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/handle/1808/3664.
- ↑ Alforjas at fossilworks
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