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Llama Conservation status Domesticated Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Camelidae Genus: Lama Species: L. glama Binomial name Lama glama (Linnaeus, 1758) Domestic llama and alpaca range Synonyms Camelus glama Linnaeus, 1758 The llama (Lama glama) is a domesticated South American camelid, widely used as a ...
Lama is a genus containing the South American camelids: the wild guanaco and vicuña and the domesticated llama, alpaca, and the extinct chilihueque. Before the Spanish conquest of the Americas , llamas, alpacas, and chilihueques were the only domesticated ungulates of the continent .
Lama: Llama (Lama glama) (domestic form of guanaco) 130 to 200 kg (290 to 440 lb) Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) South America about 90 to 120 kg (200 to 260 lb) Alpaca (Lama pacos) (domestic form of vicuña) 48 to 84 kg (106 to 185 lb) Vicuña (Lama vicugna) South American Andes: 35 to 65 kg (77 to 143 lb)
The vicuña (Lama vicugna) or vicuna [3] (both / v ɪ ˈ k uː n j ə /, very rarely spelled vicugna, its former genus name) [4] [5] is one of the two wild South American camelids, which live in the high alpine areas of the Andes; the other camelid is the guanaco, which lives at lower elevations.
The guanaco (/ ɡ w ɑː ˈ n ɑː k oʊ / ghwuah-NAH-koh; [3] Lama guanicoe) is a camelid native to South America, closely related to the llama. Guanacos are one of two wild South American camelids; the other species is the vicuña , which lives at higher elevations.
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The Llama llama, also spelled Llamallama or Lama lama, was probably a dance with the characteristics of a farce or a disguise game with acrobatic elements. [1] It is believed that the name of the dance came from the Aymara language , [ 1 ] which was the name the Aymara people used to describe the Urus dressed as dancing demons.
In southern California a few avocado farmers have used llamas to carry large loads of the fruit down steeper hills. In the UK, llamas can act as companions for a relaxing stroll, like walking a dog. [7] Back in 1997, British newspaper The Independent described llama hiking as an exotic import from California, [4] but it has since become more ...