Megacamelus

Megacamelus is the largest camel to have ever existed, taller than a human at the shoulder and weighing over 3 tonnes! Megacamelus resembles a large version of modern-day camels, including bearing short, wide toes and a fat-storing hump. It would have been one of the largest herbivores in North America at the time.

We have a bachelor group of Megacamelus that lives in the Pleistocene Plains exhibit.

Scientific name
Megacamelus merriami

Location
Mount Eden Formation
California, United States
Starlight Formation
Idaho, United States

Time
10.3-4.9 Ma; Miocene-Pliocene (Tortonian-Zancean)

Height
3.75 meters (12.3 feet)

Diet
Plants