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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.
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 ...
Palaeolama mirifica, the "stout-legged llama", is known from southern California and the Southeastern U.S., with the highest concentration of fossil specimens found in Florida (specifically the counties of Alachua, Citrus, Hillsborough, Manatee, Polk, Brevard, Orange, Sumter, and Levy).
While the subject of llama ranching was new in North America, the book sold 14,000 copies. [4] [5] Tillman was a co-founder of the International Llama Association, and was the first president of the association. In 1986 he wrote the halter-class guidelines used by the American Llama Show Association to judge show animals.
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The diameter of llama wool's fiber varies between 20 and 80 micrometers, depending on whether the llamas were raised for its wool or as a pack animal. The guanaco ( Lama guanicoe ) is a wild camelid, standing at 100–120 cm (39–47 in) at the shoulder [ 6 ] and 150–160 cm (59–63 in) at the head.
Nearly two-thirds of residents are 65 or older, and the homeownership rate is more than 70%, according to Altadena Heritage, which chronicles the town’s history and culture.
NOVA presents a dramatic, exclusive film of the first "test-tube" baby born in America, Elizabeth Jordan Carr. NOVA follows the pregnancy from the start, presenting the only view on American TV of the extraordinary medical procedures used to remove and fertilize the egg, and of the historic birth on December 28, 1981, in Norfolk, Virginia.