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VICUNA. 



Camelua Vicugna. C. corporr lanato ten, roa/ra tino obtwo, 



cauda e recta. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmcl.p 171. 

 Purpliih-brown Camel, whitish beneath, with smooth woolly 



body, obtuse snout, and upright tail. 

 Camelus Janiger. Klein. Quadr. 42. 

 Vicognes ou Vicunas. Frez. roy. i.p. 266. 

 La Vigogne. Buf. Suppl. 6. p. 208. pi. 38. 

 Vicunna. Vennant QuaJr. i p. 136. 



THE Vicuna, as may be perceived by consulting 

 the annexed representation, hears an cxtrenn 

 neral resemblance to the Glama ; but is of a lighter 

 and more delicate aspect, and of smaller sixe : the 

 head is smaller and shorter in proportion : the 

 remarkably large "and full: the ears some- 

 what sharper, and the limbs more slender: the 

 tail has a somewhat erect appearance, contrary to 

 the character given in the (Jmelinian edition of 

 the Systema Naturae ; but perhaps too great a de- 

 pendence is not to be placed on a character like 

 this, which may vary somewhat in different indi- 

 viduals, and which ought never to be assumed 

 as a discriminating character, except where the 

 appearance is peculiarly marked and striking. 

 The prevailing colour of the Vicuna on the upper 

 parts is a reddish brown, or approaching to wine- 

 colour, and the remainder of an Isabella colour: 

 the breast, belly, insides of the thighs, and under 

 part of the tail, are white. The hair of this ani- 

 mal is of a very soft, wavy, and woolly nature ; 

 that on the breast is nearly three inches long ; on 

 the other parts not more than one inch : the 



