IOOO 



THE UNGULATES, OR HOOFED MAMMALS 



ability derived from the wild guanaco, with which they agree in the proportionately- 

 large size of their skulls, and the presence of naked patches on the hind-limbs. 



The vicuna (Lama -vicuna) is the smaller of the two wild species, 

 and is of a uniform light brown color, becoming paler on the under 

 parts and limbs, and with light markings on the face and jaws. The build of the 



Vicuna 



A DROVE OF VICUNAS. 



(One-sixteenth natural size.) 



animal is very light and graceful; its head is relatively short, and it has no naked 



llosities on the hind-legs. In corelation with the shortness of the head the skull 



>f proportionately-small size. This species has a somewhat restricted range be- 



ig confined to the mountains in the district between Southern Ecuador and Central 



-Bolivia, which includes the whole of Peru. 



