Grass mud horse

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Grass mud horse
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Coiucamelus
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C. caonima
Binomial name
Coiucamelus caonima
De Vigny, 1782

The grass mud horse (Coiucamelus caonima), also known as the caonima or caunima after its Xiaodongese and Kroraini names respectively, is a wild camelid which lives in high alpine regions of south-central Coius. Despite its name, the grass mud horse is not related to equids, but is instead a member of the camelid family.

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