Tylopoda (meaning "calloused foot") [1] is a suborder of terrestrial herbivorous even-toed ungulates belonging to the order Artiodactyla. They are found in the wild in their native ranges of South America and Asia , while Australian feral camels are introduced .

Tylopod, any of the pad-footed, even-toed, hoofed mammals of the suborder Tylopoda (order Artiodactyla). This group contains three extinct families and one living family, Camelidae, which contains the camels and the lamoids—the llama, alpaca, guanaco, and vicuña. The chief distinguishing features.

Modern paleontologic and taxonomic scientists clearly state that camelids belong in a separate suborder Tylopoda (Latin, “padded foot”) in the order Artiodactyla, which is distinct from the suborder Ruminantia* .

Jun 3, 2014 · Tylopoda, Camelidae—Camels. Camels underwent most of their evolution in North America, with the Asiatic and African camels the descendants of emigrants from this continent. The llamas and relatives of South America likewise trace their ancestry to North America.

SUBORDER TYLOPODA: CAMELS. This suborder is intermediate between the Suina and the Ruminantia. All living tylopods are members of the family Camelidae, but there were several interesting extinct families: Cainotheriidae: a family of rabbit and hare-like tylopods from Europe.

Tylopoda (meaning “calloused foot”) is a suborder of terrestrial herbivorous even-toed ungulates belonging to the order Artiodactyla. They are found in the wild in their native ranges of South America and Asia, while Australian feral camels are introduced.

Tylopoda (meaning 'calloused foot') is a suborder of terrestrial herbivorous even-toed ungulates belonging to the order Artiodactyla. They are found in the wild in their native ranges of South America and Asia, while Australian feral camels are introduced.

Articles relating to the Tylopoda, a suborder of terrestrial herbivorous even-toed ungulates belonging to the order Artiodactyla. Tylopoda has only one extant family, Camelidae, which includes camels, llamas, guanacos, alpacas and vicuñas.

Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Cladus: Osteichthyes • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Classis: Mammalia • Subclassis: Theria • Infraclassis: Eutheria • Ordo: Artiodactyla • Subordo: Tylopoda Illiger, 1811

An infra-order that comprises the Camelidae (camels and llamas).