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resemblance in all of them, that, at this moment, the pro- 

 priety of the application of the specific names to the indi- 

 viduals exhibited in England and France is, to say the least, 

 very doubtful. To ourselves the confusion is very apparent, 

 from the number of living specimens and stuffed skins we 

 have had occasion to delineate and compare both in the 

 New World and in Europe. In M. F. Cuvier's An. Lithog. 

 a figure, given as of a male Lama, may be suspected to 

 belong to Vigogna, or, if a Lama, of a breed scarce more 

 than half the size of the larger species. In London ano- 

 ther animal, exhibited as a Lama, was of the dimensions 

 and breed of those which in America were specified as 

 Guanacos. A white individual in the possession of Her 

 Royal Highness the late Duchess of York, approaching in 

 size the usual stature of the smaller Lama, but with a coarser 

 hairy coat than is found in other animals of the genus, 

 was perhaps the true Guanaco. The Lamas or Alpacas 

 repeatedly exhibited in London since 1816 and 1817, varied 

 in size, though similar in the distribution of the colours, 

 but differed in several particulars from another figure in 

 M. F. Cuvier's An. Lithog. The true appropriation of the 

 names and distinction of the species is, therefore, a desi- 

 deratum, which must be left to a competent naturalist in 

 Peru. 



The Lamas bear a general resemblance to Camels on a 

 reduced scale, and without their heavy and stupid aspect: 

 the deformity of hunches does not load their backs, and in- 

 stead of a bent neck, they carry their heads nearly perpen- 

 dicular ; which, together with the long pointed and move- 

 able ears, animated large eyes, and small noses, gives them 

 that air of sprightliness and activity which they actually 

 possess. The principal organic difference which distin- 

 guishes them from camels, consists in the conformation of 

 the toes, which are not, as in the Camel, united by a com- 

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