Llama

Classification of Llama

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

class: Mammalia

order: Artiodactyla

family: Camelidae

genus: Llama

species: Lama glama

COMMON NAME: Llama

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Lama glama

TYPE: Mammals

DIET: Herbivores

SIZE: Height at the shoulder, 47 in

WEIGHT: 250 lbs

ABOUT THE LLAMA

The llama is a South American relative of the camel, though the llama does not have a hump. These sturdy creatures are domestic animals used by the peoples of the Andes Mountains. (Their wild relatives are guanacos and vicuñas). Native peoples have used llamas as pack animals for centuries. Typically, they are saddled with loads of 50 to 75 pounds. Under such weight they can cover up to 20 miles in a single day. Pack trains of llamas, which can include several hundred animals, move large amounts of goods over even the very rough terrain of the Andes.

Llamas are willing pack animals but only to a point. An overloaded llama will simply refuse to move. These animals often lie down on the ground and they may spit, hiss, or even kick at their owners until their burden is lessened.

Feeding

Llamas graze on grass and, like cows, regurgitate their food and chew it as cud. They chomp on such wads for some time before swallowing them for complete digestion. Llamas can survive by eating many different kinds of plants, and they need little water. These attributes make them durable and dependable even in sparse mountainous terrain.

Relationship With Humans

Llamas contribute much more than transportation to the human communities in which they live. Leather is made from their hides, and their wool is crafted into ropes, rugs, and fabrics. Llama excrement is dried and burned for fuel. Even in death, llamas can serve their human owners—some people slaughter them and eat their meat.

Their life cycle

 Llama adults weigh 300 to 400 pounds and stand six feet or more at the tops of their ears. The newborn llama cria weighs about 25 pounds.  Adult alpacas weigh 150-180 pounds and stand about 5 feet tall at the tops of their ears.  At birth the cria weighs about 15 pounds.  The lama lifespan is about 20 years.  The female is an induced ovulator, and so, if not pregnant, may be bred at any time of the year.  Breeding, when managed properly, can be productive and profitable.  Alpaca gestation is about 340 days; llamas deliver the cria normally in about 350 days. Births usually occur in the daytime and are usually single; twins are rare.  The extreme temperatures (27 degrees F at night to as high as 90 degrees F at mid day) of the Alti Plano of South America  has caused the females to adjust birthing so that the cria can warm up and dry off before the cold of night returns. The crias quickly stand to nurse and are bounding about within a few hours.  Weaning is done at about six months.

source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/l/llama/

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