NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



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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 



