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Examine how llamas serve as pack animals and wool sources in highlands of Bolivia, Chile, and Peru
Sacsahuamán, Peru: llama geographic ranges of living camelids llama Llamas on the shore of the Colorado Lagoon, Bolivia. camel evolution and distribution
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Examine how llamas serve as pack animals and wool sources in highlands of Bolivia, Chile, and Peru
Llamas (Lama glama) serving as pack animals and being corralled for shearing
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Sacsahuamán, Peru: llama
Woman leading a llama at Sacsahuamán, Peru.
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geographic ranges of living camelids
Present-day ranges of living members of the family Camelidae.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Kenny Chmielewski
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Llama (Lama glama), an even toed-ungulate.
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Llamas on the shore of the Colorado Lagoon, Bolivia.
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camel evolution and distribution
The ancestors of modern camels and lamoids first evolved in North America before...
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