. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. 446 THE CLOVEN-HOOFED ANIMALS. The Llama of Meyen estimates the importance of Great Value to the the Llama to the Peruvians as equal Peruvians. to that of the Reindeer to the Lap- lander. The animals are kept on the table-lands in enormous herds. All species of Llamas produce at a birth only a single young one, which is by mothers of most species suckled for about four months, and for a period somewhat longer by females of the Llama species proper. The same
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. 446 THE CLOVEN-HOOFED ANIMALS. The Llama of Meyen estimates the importance of Great Value to the the Llama to the Peruvians as equal Peruvians. to that of the Reindeer to the Lap- lander. The animals are kept on the table-lands in enormous herds. All species of Llamas produce at a birth only a single young one, which is by mothers of most species suckled for about four months, and for a period somewhat longer by females of the Llama species proper. The same naturalist informs us that the importance and also the price of the Llama have considerably diminished since the introduction of animals of the Horse tribe, and further that the herds of Llamas are occasionally ravaged by terrible plagues, and stricken down in appalling numbers. Peculiarities of At present the Llama is seen in Temper of the nearly all zoological gardens. If it Llama. \s kept in company with others of its kind, it seems to be much more amiable than when say that I never knew one to be gentle or good- natured. Characteristics The third form of the group, the oftheAl- Paco or Alpaca {Auckenia pacos), is paca. smaller than the Llama, and shows a similarity to the Sheep in physical structure, but has a longer neck and a more delicate head. Its fleece is very long and of exquisite softness; on some spots, as for instance, on the sides of the body, the hair at- tains a length of from four to five inches. The color is usually entirely white or black, but there are also pied or mottled specimens. The Alpacas are kept in large herds, which graze on the high plains all the year round; they are driven to the huts or booths of the owners for shearing only. There is, perhaps, no other animal that has so refractory a temper as the Alpaca. If one is sepa- rated from the herd, it throws itself on the ground, and neither coaxing nor blows can persuade it to. THE ALPACA. Smaller
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