llama vs alpaca
Definitions
noun
- wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump
Examples
The llama is related to the camel.
The other group migrated into South America, where it survives today as wild guanacos and vicunas and domesticated llamas and alpacas.
Pumas roam these passes, hunting vast areas for grey fox, upland geese or guanacos, the wild and woolly relative of the llama.
Definitions
noun
- wool of the alpaca
- a thin glossy fabric made of the wool of the Lama pacos, or made of a rayon or cotton imitation of that wool
- domesticated llama with long silky fleece; believed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco
Examples
The other group migrated into South America, where it survives today as wild guanacos and vicunas and domesticated llamas and alpacas.
Their elaborate fabrics, woven on looms from cotton and alpaca wool, are known today because they were used in a type of mummification process.
Poor female alpacas are pregnant for nearly 12 months and have no sooner had a baby, known as a cria, than they are keen to breed again.
