286 BACTRIAN CAMEL CHAP. 
Camels may be the descendants of animals belonging to the in- 
habitants of those cities. A strayed herd of Camels has established 
itself in a feral state in Spain. Otherwise the genus does not 
occur in Europe. The Camels are also represented in the New 
World. The genus Lama (Auchenia of many authors) belongs to 
this family. These Camels differ from their allies in the Old 
World by their smaller size, by the absence of the characteristic 
hump, and by the dropping of one premolar, the dental formula 
a ndoa Sees 
Itc. 148.—Bactrian Camel. Camelus bactrianus. x 3. 
being otherwise similar. A variety of names, Lama, Alpaca, 
Huanaco, Vicunha, have been applied to these animals; but it 
appears that the names are in excess of the number of the species. 
Mr. Thomas, who has lately inquired into the matter, will only 
allow two, the Huanaco, Lama huanacos, of which there are two 
domestic races, the Llama and the Alpaca, and the Vieuna, Zama 
vicugna. They are both South American in range. Not only is 
there a herd of escaped Camels in Spain, but the Spaniards 
attempted to introduce and acclimatise the useful Lama. The first 
Lama ever seen in Europe was brought in the year 1558 to 
