LLAMAS
(Lama Glama)

Origin and History
The Llama is native to the high puna of the South American Andes. Llamas did not come to the United States until the late 1800’s, as zoo exhibits. Llamas are members of the Camel family known as camelids. In the New World, there are four different camelids. Three are in the genus Lama, the llama, the alpaca, and the guanaco. One is in its own genus vigunae, the vicuna.

Description
Physical
Llamas are generally white, but they can be solid black, solid brown or white with black or brown patches. The llama has quite a slender body, thin legs and a long neck with a camel-like head and long ears like a donkey. But the body is so covered in shaggy fur that llamas can look very fat.

Size
Llamas can be described as pony sized although much lighter in build, weighing about 250-330lbs. In South America the average llama is about 38" tall at the withers.