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GENUS Lama

Author:G. Cuvier, 1800.
Citation:Leçons Anat. Comp., I: tab. 1.
Type Species:Camelus glama Linnaeus, 1758.
Comments:Evolution of domesticated llama and alpaca from wild ancestors reviewed by Wheeler (1995) and Kadwell et al. (2001).
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SPECIES glama

SUBSPECIES glama

SUBSPECIES cacsilensis

SUBSPECIES guanicoe

Synonyms:

    Aucheria F. Cuvier, 1830
    Auchenia Illiger, 1811
    Auchenias Wagner, 1843
    Dromedarius Wagler, 1830
    Guanaco Perry, 1811
    Lacma Tiedemann, 1804
    Lama Frisch, 1775
    Llacma Illiger, 1815
    Llama Gray, 1852
    Neoauchenia Ameghino, 1891
    Pacos Gray, 1872
    Vicunia Rafinesque, 1815

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