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THE BRO^VN LLAMA. 
Auchenia Llama Tli,igkr. 
PLATE II. 
Maresc/ittl, Menag. tin Museum Brown Llama, Gardens 
and Menagerie of Zool. Soc. i. p. 250. 
The individual which formed the subject of the 
accompanying plate, forms part of the collection of 
animals in the Museum of the University of Edin- 
burgh. It stands about three feet high at the shoul- 
der, and the wfliole colour of the animal is a deep 
and rich vinous chocolate-broivn, palest beneath and 
on the inside of the legs. The hair is of a woolly 
texture, lengthened, and with a fine thick ground of 
shorter wool. 
The Brown Llama has been occasionally kept in 
confinement in this country ; and a pair which served 
for the figures of Mareschal, were kept by the Em- 
press Josephine at Malmaison, exhibiting great do- 
cility, with mildness and affection towards each 
other. 
It is not yet determined how many species of 
these animals exist. There seem to be pretty fairly 
established the present animal, inhabiting Peru and 
Chili ; the Vicugna, appearing at a much higher ele- 
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