Camelus moreli

Camelus moreli, the Syrian camel, is an extinct species of camel known from fossils found in the Hummal area of the western Syrian Desert, in Syria. The remains show that the animal lived around 100,000 years ago, and it stood up to 3 metres (9.8 feet) tall at the shoulder and up to 4 metres (13 feet) tall overall. The first of the fossils were discovered late in 2005, and several more were found about a year later. The camelid was found together with Middle Paleolithic human remains, so the site records people and camels sharing the same landscape in the late Pleistocene of the Syrian Desert.