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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. In 1988, he identified and described 130 physical characteristics of llama, alpaca, guanaco and vicuña. His scientific ...
Out of the domestic camelids, the alpaca produces wool with longer and finer fiber than the llama, [6] with a strand diameter of 18–25 micrometers. [ 12 ] The vicuña ( Lama vicugna ) is the smallest camelid , with a shoulder height of 75–100 cm (30–39 in) and a weight of 40–60 kg (88–132 lb).
The Llama and Alpaca are two new animals surfacing in FarmVille that seem to be causing some confusion. Although the Llama and Alpaca closely resemble one another, there is a difference! The white ...
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 ...
The free Buckeye Alpaca Show at Summit County Fairgrounds features an alpaca competition plus vendors selling garments made from alpaca, custom jewelry, yarn and toys.
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)
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) [43] 2400 BCE [44] Peru, Bolivia: meat, milk, fiber, manure, guarding, lawn mowing, weed ...
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.