CINCINNATI ZOO GUIDE 
Llama 
THE LLAMA PARK 
Llama. Immediately after passing the turnstiles at the main 
entrance, the visitor’s attention is directed to the Llama Park 
on the left, in which may be seen several fine specimens of the 
Llama (Llama glama). The term llama was formerly used to 
designate a group of animals in South America closely allied, 
and including two domesticated varieties and two wild varieties. 
The specimens at the Zoo belong to one of the domestic varie¬ 
ties, and what the horse, the ox, the goat and the sheep are to the 
Old World, this species of llama, with its kindred domestic 
species, was to the southern continent and the New World. 
They are variable in size and color, sometimes brown, black 
and white in color. They are about four feet in height and attain 
their full size at the age of five years. They remain strong and 
vigorous until about the tenth year, after which they begin to 
decline. 
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