Camelops is an extinct genus of camels that lived in Western North America from the middle Pliocene to the end of the Pleistocene. It shares a common ancestor with the Old World dromedary and Bactrian camel (making it a true camel), as well as a more distant common ancestor with the New World alpaca, guanaco, llama, and vicuña.[1][2] Its name is derived from the Ancient Greek κάμελος (cámelos, "camel")[3] and ὄψ (óps, "face"),[4] i.e. "camel-face".