Difference between revisions of "Allocamelus"

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Allocamelus from Edward Topsell's The History of Four-footed Beasts and Serpents, 1658; the image was originally from a Dutch work published in 1558. Topsell believed that the creature was the offspring of a camel and mule.

In heraldry, the allocamelus, or ass-camel, was the depiction of a mythical creature with the head of a donkey and body of a camel; it is the legendary representation of the llama.

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-[[Image:Allocamelus from Topsell's The History of Four-footed Beasts and Serpents.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Allocamelus from [[Edward Topsell]]'s ''The History of Four-footed Beasts and Serpents'', 1658; the image was originally from a Dutch work published in 1558. Topsell believed that the creature was the offspring of a camel and mule.]]
+[[Image:Allocamelus from Topsell's The History of Four-footed Beasts and Serpents.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Allocamelus from Edward Topsell's ''The History of Four-footed Beasts and Serpents'', 1658; the image was originally from a Dutch work published in 1558. Topsell believed that the creature was the offspring of a camel and mule.]]
-In [[heraldry]], the '''allocamelus''', or '''ass-camel''', was the depiction of a [[mythical creature]] with the head of a donkey and body of a camel; it is the legendary represention of the [[llama]].
+In heraldry, the '''allocamelus''', or '''ass-camel''', was the depiction of a mythical creature with the head of a donkey and body of a camel; it is the legendary representation of the llama.
 [[Category:Hybrids]]
-[[Category:Heraldry]]
+[[Category:Heraldic beasts]]