A domestic camelid long used to carry loads in the Andes. It has a long neck and legs but no hump.
Its shaggy coat varies widely in color and pattern. Each foot has two toes and a thick, padded sole.
A study of six llama crias recorded and analyzed 3,398 suckling bouts. Crias most often suckled in a reverse-parallel position and showed no preference for which side of the dam they used. Crias initiated most bouts, while dams usually ended them. The researchers grouped bouts as short or long.
As crias grew older, they suckled less often and spent less total time suckling, but the duration of an individual bout did not differ significantly among age groups. The authors discuss suckling as serving both nutrition and social contact.
IUCN Red List field (as displayed by the ASM Mammal Diversity Database) · Not Evaluated (NE) · ASM MDD domesticated llama profile
The ASM Mammal Diversity Database lists the domesticated llama's global IUCN Red List field as Not Evaluated (NE).