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CAMELIDAE - LLAMAS
A single species of large herbivore with a long, thick neck and small, slender head. The ears are long and pointed and the pelage thick and woolly. The lips are flexible, the upper lip being deeply cleft. Two toes present on each foot, each toe armed with a nail rather than a hoof. Adults lack the central upper incisors, and there is a wide space (diastema) between the poorly-developed incisors and the premolars. The molars are selenodont. Llamas are ruminants with a three-chambered stomach, food being regurgitated from the rumen and remasticated. The only Paraguayan species, the Guanaco, is the wild form of the domesticated Llama and Alpaca of Andean countries.
REFERENCES
Diaz MM & Barquez RM 2002 - Los Mamíferos de Jujuy, Argentina - LOLA
Emmons LH & Feer F 1999 - Mamíferos de los Bosques Húmedos de América Tropical - FAN Bolivia
Redford K 1992 - Mammals of the Neotropics Vol 2: The Southern Cone Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay - University of Chicago Press.
