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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 .
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.
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)
Lama (Tibetan: བླ་མ་, Wylie: bla-ma) is a title for a teacher of the Dharma in Tibetan Buddhism. The name is similar to the Sanskrit term guru , meaning "heavy one", endowed with qualities the student will eventually embody.
Llama (Lama glama) [3] Guanaco (Lama guanicoe cacsilensis) [43] 2400 BCE [44] Peru, Bolivia: meat, fiber, manure, working, guarding, racing, draft, pack, lawn mowing, weed control, show, pets Slight physical changes Fairly common in the wild and in captivity 1a Artiodactyla except Bovidae: Alpaca (Lama pacos) [3] Vicuña (Lama vicugna mensalis ...
Lama (/ ˈlɛmə/ LEM-ah; Arabic: لمى ,لما, lamá) is a common Arabic female given first name that has its roots in Arabic poetry.The specific definition of it is debated and the word itself is not a synonym to any other Arabic world.
I would rhyme Brahama, Drama, and Llama, and Mama, but not comma. For me the o in comma is like the o in bomb or Tom or strong. The a in Llama and mama is distinct from that. --Jayron 32 05:20, 25 August 2012 (UTC) Could be a regional thing. To my midwestern ears, Brahma, Comma, Drama, Lama, Mama, Momma all rhyme exactly.