I've been pondering that age old question that we all ponder about at some point in our lives. Is a Llama the same as an Alpaca? This is not something that concerns me that
oft, but I now have a book about one of them and I need to know what’s what
and who’s who in the Llama world. I
don’t really “need” to know, but it’s just a good thing to know if your trying
to sell a book about Llamas, whether a Llama is the same as an Alpaca. How
embarrassing would it be if someone asked for a book about Alpacas and you
pulled out your shelf full of Llama books… (?)
Over the years, I haven’t been that fussed when I have been
corrected about my obvious lack of knowledge in this matter. I’ve always referred to any woolly animal that
looks sheep like with a long neck, as a Llama. According
to our good friends at Wikipedia an Alpaca “resembles a small llama” and along
with Camels and a few other even-toed ungulates, they all belong to the family
Camelidae, but most importantly, the Llama is not an Alpaca. Well that sorts me out in the Llama/Alpaca identification
saga. If it’s small it’s an Alpaca
unless of course it’s a young Llama and then…
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