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A South American ruminant Auchenia llama allied to the camels but much smaller and without a hump It is supposed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco It was formerly much used as a beast of burden in the Andes and is also kept on some ranches in the United States...
Guanaco
A South American mammal Auchenia huanaco allied to the llama but of larger size and more graceful form inhabiting the southern Andes and Patagonia It is supposed by some to be the llama in a wild state...
Bezoar
A calculous concretion found in the intestines of certain ruminant animals as the wild goat the gazelle and the Peruvian llama formerly regarded as an unfailing antidote for poison and a certain remedy for eruptive pestilential or putrid diseases Hence Any antidote or panacea...
camel
A large ruminant used in Asia and Africa for carrying burdens and for riding The camel is remarkable for its ability to go a long time without drinking Its hoofs are small and situated at the extremities of the toes and the weight of the animal rests on the callous The dromedary Camelus dromedarius has one bunch on the back while the Bactrian camel Camelus Bactrianus has two The llama alpaca and vicuntildea of South America belong to a related genus Auchenia...
Camelidae
a natural family comprising the camels and llamas and vicunas...
Lama
See Llama...
Paleotherium
An extinct genus of herbivorous Tertiary mammals once supposed to have resembled the tapir in form but now known to have had a more slender form with a long neck like that of a llama...
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