Llama
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phylum | Chordata | The llama is a domesticated South American camelid, widely used as a meat and pack animal by Andean cultures since the Pre-Columbian era. The height of a full-grown, full-size llama is 1.7 to 1.8 m (5.6 to 5.9 ft) tall at the top of the head, and can weigh between 130 and 200 kg (290 and 440 lb). At birth, a baby llama (called a cria) can weigh between 9 and 14 kg (20 and 31 lb).
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class | Mammalia | |
infraclass | Eutheria | |
order | Artiodactyla | |
family | Camelidae | |
genus | Lama | |
species | L. glama |