Llama

Class

Mammals

 

Order

Artiodactyls

 

Family

Camelids

 

Origin

Native to the Andes, from high mountains to semi-desert areas

 

Diet

Herbivore

 

Curiosity

It weighs between 120 and 150 kg. It is the domestic form of the guanaco and has adapted to live up to 4000 meters in altitude. The size and shape of the ears turned inward constitute one of the distinctive features compared to the smaller alpaca. The llama can carry loads up to 50 kg and travel up to 30 km in a day.