. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. THE VICUGNA. 577 The height of the Bactrian Camel is rather more than that of the Arabian species, and its color is generally brown, which sometimes deepens into sooty black, and sometimes fades into a dirty white. The true camels are exclusively confined to the Old World, but find representatives in the New World in four acknowledged species of the genus Llama. These animals a re comparatively small in their dimensions, and possess no hump, so that th-ey may easily be distinguished from
. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. THE VICUGNA. 577 The height of the Bactrian Camel is rather more than that of the Arabian species, and its color is generally brown, which sometimes deepens into sooty black, and sometimes fades into a dirty white. The true camels are exclusively confined to the Old World, but find representatives in the New World in four acknowledged species of the genus Llama. These animals a re comparatively small in their dimensions, and possess no hump, so that th-ey may easily be distinguished from the camels. Their hair is very woolly, and their countenance has a very sheep-like expression, so that a full-haired Llama instantly reminds the spectator of a long-legged, long-necked sheep. The feet of the Llamas are very different from those of the camels, as their haunts are always found to be upon rocky ground, and their feet must. YAMMA, OK LLAMA.—Aucherda lama. of necessity be accommodated to the ground on which they arc accustomed to tread. The toes of the Llama are completely divided, and are each furnished with a- rough cushion beneath, and a strong, claw-like hoof above, so that the member may take a firm hold of rocky and uneven ground. Pour species of Llamas are now acknowledged; namely, the Vicugna, the Guanaco, the Yamnia, and the Alpaca, each of which will be briefly described. The Vicugna is found in the most elevated localities of Batavia and Northern Chili, and is a very wild and untamable animal, having resisted all the attempts of the patient natives to reduce it to a state of domestication. It is extremely active and sure-footed in its mountain home, and being equally timid and wary, is seldom captured in a living state. It lives in herds near the region of perpetual snow, and in its habits bears some resemblance to the chamois. The short, soft, silken fur of this animal is very valuable, nnd causes the death of thousands of Vicugnas, which are slain by
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