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VICUNIA. 
The Dromedary, or Single-Humped Camel, (Camelus dro- 
medarius), is a smaller animal than the preceding, of lighter 
build, and therefore capable of much more speed in travel- 
ling. This species never is clothed with long hair. 
Next to the Camel House and corrals is the installation 
for the nearest relatives of those species,—the Llamas, Gua- 
nacos and other cameloids of South America. 
THE LLAMA HOUSE, No. 38. 
Collection of Cameloids was presented by Mr. Robert S. 
Brewster. 
The arid regions of South America are inhabited by four 
species of long-necked, long-haired, soft-footed animals, so 
closely related to the camels of the Old World that they are 
called cameloids. There are four species. The llama and 
alpaca are in a state of domestication, and are supposed to 
have been derived from the wild guanaco and vicunia. All 
of them might almost be described as small-sized, hump- 
less camels; and their tempers and mental traits are as odd 
as their forms. 
The ordinary cameloid is a quiet and inoffensive creature ; 
but the exception is a rogue of rogues. It will bite with the 
persistence of a bull-dog, and with its massive, chisel-like 
