Llama
Amazing fact
Llamas use shared places as communal dung piles.
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Llamas use shared places as communal dung piles.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Llama
- Scientific name
- Lama glama
- Japanese name
- ラマ（リャマ）
- Group
- Land mammals
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Camelidae
- Genus
- Lama
The llama is a domesticated animal and is not found in the wild.
It is a domestic animal kept in the high Andes of South America, for carrying loads and other work.
Although it is related to camels, it has no hump on its back. Its coat is long and comes in many colors.
How the Llama lives
Llamas are active during the day. They browse on low shrubs, lichens, and mountain plants. They live in groups and get most of their moisture from food. They use calls to warn their herd when predators are present.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Weight
- 130–155 kg
- Active
- By day (diurnal)
Where the Llama has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ラマ（リャマ）
- 简体中文
- 大羊驼
- 繁體中文
- 大羊駝
- 한국어
- 라마
- Español
- Llama
- Português (Brasil)
- Lhama
- Italiano
- Lama
- हिन्दी
- लामा
- العربية
- لامة أهلية
- Tiếng Việt
- Llama
- Русский
- Лама
- ไทย
- ยามา
- বাংলা
- লামা
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 川崎市夢見ヶ崎動物公園 — ラマChecked: 2026-11-03
- 宮崎市フェニックス自然動物園 — ラマChecked: 2026-11-03
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Lama glamaChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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