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  Name ''Macrauchenia''
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Chordata
  Classis Mammal ia
  Ordo Litopterna
  Familia Macraucheniidae
  Genus '''''Macrauchenia'''''
  Species '''''M patachonica'''''
  Binomial ''Macrauchenia patachonica''
  Binomial Authority Owen , 1838


The Macrauchenia (''Macrauchenia patachonica'') was a long-necked and long-limbed, three-toed South America n Ungulate Mammal , typifying the suborder Litopterna . It belonged to the family Macraucheniidae , and is known only from Fossil finds in South America, primarily from the Lujan Formation in Argentina . The original fossil specimen was discovered by Charles Darwin during the voyage of the ''Beagle''. In life, the Macrauchenia resembled a humpless camel with a short trunk, though it is not closely related to either camels or proboscideans.

Several fictionalized Macrauchenia are seen as extras in the film '' Ice Age '', while more scientifically accurate versions are featured in the show Walking With Beasts .


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