Hemiauchenia mirim Greco et al., 2022

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: 22 345–21 907 cal a BP (Greco et al., 2022)

Distribution & Habitat

Brazil (northeastern)

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Greco, Marcelo C., Dantas, Mário André Trindade and Cozzuol, Mario Alberto. (2022). A new species of small Camelidae from the Late Pleistocene of Brazil. Journal of Quaternary Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3426

Other references:

Castillo, Andrea G., Corti, Paulo and Samaniego, Horacio. (2026). Wild South American camelids (Mammalia, Artiodactyla): a review of their evolutionary and biogeographic history. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2026.2616326

Dantas, Mário A. T. (2022). Estimating the body mass of the Late Pleistocene megafauna from the South America Intertropical Region and a new regression to estimate the body mass of extinct xenarthrans. Journal of South American Earth Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2022.103900

Lemoine, Rhys Taylor, Buitenwerf, Robert, Faurby, Sören and Svenning, Jens-Christian. (2025). Phylogenetic Evidence Supports the Effect of Traits on Late-Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in the Context of Human Activity. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34(7): e70078. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70078 [Supporting Information: Data S1]

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