Macranchenia (Gr., 'long-necked'), a genus of South American fossil herbivorous animals, forming a connecting-link between the Palæotherium (q.v.) and the camel family. In form they nearly resembled the llama, but were as large as a hippopotamus.
Macranchenia
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 779
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