Llama Peru Animals
Llama in cusco c geraint rowland flickr.
Llama peru animals. Pacos are domestic animals not known to exist in the wild state. Llamas were also important beasts of burden in peru a country with no other pack animals prior to the arrival of francisco pizarro and the spanish conquistadors. Llamas have become so synonymous with peruvian culture that you can find some sort of llama trinket or stuffed animal anywhere in peru.
And the vicuna vicugna vicugna molina. Alpacas guanacos and vicunas each have a role to play both in the culture traditions and rural economies of peruvian herders. The alpaca vicugna pacos linnaeus.
Native peoples have used llamas as pack animals for. While other dangerous animals in peru such as the peru jaguar often get starring roles in documentaries the country is also home to cute animals such as llamas alpacas and tapirs. Llamas are also native to chile bolivia and argentina and were used both as food and as a pack animal by the incas.
They are related to the camel and are the oldest domesticated animal in the world. Peruvians have been relying on llamas as pack animals and since they were domesticated centuries ago. The llama lama glama linnaeus.
On this program you will serve the animals that are an integral part of rural south american life. Depending on the authority the llama alpaca and guanaco may be classified as distinct species or as races of lama glama. These sturdy creatures are domestic animals used by the peoples of the andes mountains.
In fact vicuna which is the peru national animal often gets referred to as one of the cutest animals in the country. On this program you will. Crossbreeding of the two has been attempted to increase the amount of alpaca fiber higher quality and fleece weight a llama characteristics.
The llama and the alpaca l. According to the oklahoma state university department of animal science llamas often carry 25 to 30 percent of their body weight for five to eight miles but are not ridden except by children. In honor of the large fluffy animal here are some facts about llamas the incas beast of burden.
Llamas are native to peru chile bolivia and argentina in south america. The guanaco from the quechua huanaco lama guanicoe mueller. Quechua and aymara speaking herders today subdivide their herds into llama like llamawari or waritu and alpaca like pacowari or wayki animals depending on physical appearance.