What is Llama?
{{about|a South American type of [[Camelid|Camel]]|the religious teacher of Eastern religions|Lama}} {{Taxobox | name = Llama | status = Domesticated | image = Baby Lama with mother.JPG | image_width = 250px | image_caption = | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Artiodactyla]] | familia = [[Camelidae]] | genus = ''[[Lama (genus)|Lama]]'' | species = '''''L. glama''''' | binomial = ''Lama glama'' | binomial_authority = ([[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758) }}{{One source|date=June 2020}} A '''Llama''' (''Lama glama'') is a [[mammal]] of the ''[[Camelid]]ae'' family. It is from [[South America]], the [[Andes|Andes Mountains]] of [[Peru]] and [[Ecuador]]. Sometimes the name ''llama'' is used for all four South American [[camelid]]s. == Llama and people == The llama was [[Domestication|domesticated]] about 5000 years ago. It was and is used for carrying things, and for [[wool]]. The llama was very important for the [[Inca]]n people. Even today, llamas are used for similar reasons, but will more commonly be used as domesticated pets. == Related animals == The llama's close relative is the [[alpaca]], who is a more demure, petite animal in comparison to the llama. Llamas have three related cousins - the the [[guanaco]], and the [[vicuña]]. The llama is the national symbol of Bolivia. Llamas spit, and travel together. Llamas also have a high content of hemoglobin which causes their blood cells to be oval and not circular.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2647239/|title=Clinical Pathology of Llamas|last=F|first=Garry|date=Mar 1989|journal=The Veterinary Clinics of North America. Food Animal Practice|volume=5|issue=1|pages=55–70|doi=10.1016/s0749-0720(15)31003-3|language=en|pmid=2647239|access-date=2020-06-03}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{wikispecies-inline|Lama glama}}<br/> {{commons|Lama glama-inline}} {{Meat}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Camelids]] [[Category:Domesticated animals]] [[Category:Animals use