Back لامة (جنس) Arabic لامه ARZ Pratcol (Lama) AVK Lamalar Azerbaijani Ламалар Bashkir Ламы Byelorussian লামা (গণ) Bengali/Bangla Lama (gènere) Catalan Lama (mamipero) CEB Lama Czech
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| Lama | |
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| Llama in Peru | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Camelidae |
| Tribe: | Lamini |
| Genus: | Lama Cuvier, 1800 |
| Type species | |
| Camelus glama[1] | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Vicugna | |
Lama is a genus containing the South American camelids: the wild guanaco and vicuña and the domesticated llama, alpaca, and the extinct chilihueque. Before the Spanish conquest of the Americas, llamas, alpacas, and chilihueques were the only domesticated ungulates of the continent. They were kept not only for their value as beasts of burden, but also for their flesh, hides, and wool.
- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.