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UNGULATES. 



THE LLAMAS. 

 Genus Lama. 



Under the general title of llamas may be conveniently included all the exist- 

 ing South American representatives of the camel family, although that name 

 properly belongs only to a domesticated variety of one of the two wild species. 





A DROVE OF VICUNIAS (^ nat. size). 



All the llamas are smaller in size and lighter in build than the camels, and owing 

 to the absence of any hump on the back depart less widely from the ordinary type 

 of Ungulates. Their pointed ears are relatively much longer than in the camels, 

 while their thickly-haired tails are reduced to little more than a stump. The feet, 

 again, are narrower and more pointed than in their Old World relatives, and have 



