MAMMALIA. PECORA. Mofchus. 
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2. Hybrid between this and the lail. 
Glama, Bunch on the brcafi ; back fmooth. Lama- 
Inhabits the high mountains of Peru and Chil^; in its habits- 
and manners refcinbling the laft; 4-t- feet high. 
Hfad Imall, in/eihoit; wdcA long ; eara moderate ; eyes large, 
lound^ /ret, long, cleft; tail Ihort; hair long, foft, varying 
with wliite, black and brown; peftoral bunch continuallyex- 
tiding a yellow oil ; viu'ce a kind of neighing ; teats 2', gravid 
5 — 6 months, brings i young ; carries 150 pounds weight; 
llefh excellent, fat. 
//ita«acar. Body hairy ; back gibbous; tail erefl. Huanaco- 
Inhabits high mountains of Sunlh America, defending into the 
plains in winter : in manners and ufes relcmbles the daft, but 
never ailociates with it : 4 feet 3 inches high. 
Body alxjve yellow, beneath whitiih : tail like that of the ftag : 
ears like thole of the horl’c: llefh, when young, good. 
Arciicanus Body w^oolly, fmooth; fnout turned upwards; tail pen- 
dulou.s. Peru Camel- 
Inhabits Peru and Chili j refcmbling in many things the fheep : 
tail longer : wool liner ; body white, black or brown : llefh 
good. 
Vicugna. Body w'oolly, fmooth ; nofe fiat, blunt ; tail ere£l. 
Inhabits the higheft peaks of flie Andes, in flocks; is timid, 
Iwift, patient of cold, caught by cords ftretched acrol's the 
path, and tamed with diihculty; carries Imall burthens: 
fleih good, wool illky. 
In its tail and figure rciembles a goat : nech 20 inches long : 
head round, unanred : cars fmall, erect, acute : feet long : 
wool fine, lilky, rofy,, eaiily dyed : in its ftomach is found a 
bezoar. 
Pelco, Bunches o ; body woolly ; fnout oblong. 
Inhabits the higher mountains of Peru : gregarious, lefs than 
the others, and able to carvy only 50 — 70 pounds : fleih not 
fo good : wool longer, coarler : body, in a wild ftate, ^ove 
purple, beneath white; when tamed varying with black, 
white and tawny. 
35. MOSCHUS. Horns O'. fore-teethlov^Qt 
8: upper folitary,’ projetog. 
Mujkt 
Mofehi- 
