. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. THE HOKXLD ANIMALS. 447 paca is very palatable. In their native country they are not used as beasts of burden, but are bred exclu- sively for their wool and flesh. From their wool the Indians manufacture artistic table-covers and other valuable articles, which are noteworthy for their beautiful lustre and their wearing qualities. The Vicugna, its "The Vicugna (Auchema vicugna) is Home and more graceful than the Llama," says Haunts. Tschudi. "I
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. THE HOKXLD ANIMALS. 447 paca is very palatable. In their native country they are not used as beasts of burden, but are bred exclu- sively for their wool and flesh. From their wool the Indians manufacture artistic table-covers and other valuable articles, which are noteworthy for their beautiful lustre and their wearing qualities. The Vicugna, its "The Vicugna (Auchema vicugna) is Home and more graceful than the Llama," says Haunts. Tschudi. "In size it holds the mean between Llama and Alpaca, but is distinguished from both by its wool, which is much shorter, more curly and of "an exquisitely fine texture. The top of the head, the upper part of the neck, the body and the thighs are of a peculiar reddish yellow hue known as Vicugna color; the throat and the inner faces of the limbs are light ochre yellow; the breast-hair, which is nearly five inches long, and the abdomen are white. "During the rainy sea- son the Vicugnas live on the ridges of the Cordil- leras, which afford but scant vegetation. As the hoofs are soft and the soles sensitive, the ani- mals always remain on the grass plots, and even when pursued, they rare- ly retreat to the craggy, bare peaks and still less to the glaciers and snow- fields, as is the habit of the Chamois. During the hot season they de- scend to the valleys. The apparent contradic- tion of habits that in- duces the animals to keep in cold regions in winter and in warm ones in summer, is explained by the fact that the crest of the Cordilleras is quite parched during the dry season, and vegeta- tion capable of affording them sufficient nourish- ment can be found only in the valleys, where there are rivers and mo- rasses. " The female usually gives birth to a single young one, which immediately after it is born exhib- its extraordinary powers of endurance and great fleetness
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