Macrauchenia (SciiFii)

The camoose (Macrauchenia patachonica), or uncommonly false llama and the Patagonian narigrande, is a large, long-necked and long-limbed, three-toed native South American mammal in the order Litopterna that originally lived in what is now South America during the Pliocene throught the Pleistocene and was once extinct, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and reintroduced to the modern forests, open woodlands, and grasslands of South America to help boost biodiversity, although some populations now exist in the forests, open woodlands, and grasslands western North America possibly due to accidental releases. The genus gives its name to its family, the Macraucheniidae or "robust litopterns". Like other litopterns, it is not closely related to any other mammal. The camoose resembles a huge humpless camel, though it is not related to camels, not even llamas, as its name suggests. It feeds on many different types of plants in a variety of environments across both South America and western North America. Unlike in outdated depictions, real camooses (both modern and prehistoric) do not have tapir-like trunks, instead, cames have muzzles very similar to those found on a moose, with its flexible lips in order to grip the vegetation it feeds on. The camoose is is rather large animal, growing on average to around 3 metres (9.8 feet) and a weigh up to 1,042.8 kg (2,299 lb), about the size of a black rhinoceros. The conservation status of the camoose llama is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts, the camoose's wide introduced range (in California, Nevada, and Arizona) and natural range, as well as the camoose's tolerance to habitat loss in a same level as the whitetail/mule deer's habitat loss tolerance, allowing the camooses to survive and flourish in the cities and suburbs.
Category:Animals
Category:SciiFii
Category:Mammals
Category:Cenozoic Park