A genus of mammals from the tribe Camelini of the Camelid family of the suborder Callosopoda. These are large animals adapted for life in arid regions of the world - deserts, semi-deserts and steppes. There are three modern types of camels - the one-humped camel, or dromedary, or Arabian, the two-humped camel, or Bactrian, and the wild camel, as well as a number of species known exclusively from fossils.

What may be the oldest carvings of camels were discovered in 2018 in Saudi Arabia. They were analysed by researchers from several scientific disciplines and, in 2021, were estimated to be 7,000 to 8,000 years old. The dating of is made difficult by the lack of organic material in the carvings that may be tested, so the researchers attempting to date them tested animal bones found associated with the carvings, assessed erosion patterns, and analysed tool marks in order to determine a correct date for the creation of the sculptures. This dating would make the carvings significantly older than Stonehenge (5,000 years old) and the Egyptian pyramids at Giza (4,500 years old) and it predates estimates for the domestication of camels.