Llama Llamas are members of the camelid family. The camelids originated on the central plains of North America about 40 million years ago. From there, about three million years ago, llama-like animals dispersed to South America. By the end of the last ice-age (10,000-12,000 years ago) the camelids were extinct in North America. Llamas were domesticated from guanacos in the Andean Highlands of Peru 4,000-5,000 years ago, and are among the oldest domestic animals in the world. Primarily a bea ...

BIOMES KEY Animal List LlamaLlama glama glama The Scientific name of the Llama is Llama glama. It is a mammal. That means it feds its young with milk, and that it has hair. If a person traveled to the South American Plains, the Andes Mountains, or the grasslands of South America he/she is most likely to find llamas. They are usually in groups of two or more. In the year of 1564 B.C., Spanish explorers found and named this animal. It was in the Andes Mountains. It was said that there were cl ...

We have developed an outstanding quality llama herd with over 20 years of breeding. In addition to the single coat of silky llamas, we are adding and developing suri llamas. Our suri herd represents a variety of suri lines, plus many we have developed here at Pearson Pond Ranch. We have over 200 llamas that represent the finest bloodlines available, including Argentine, Chilean, Bolivian, Australian, Canadian, Peruvian and North Americans. NEW - June 2006 "Each of us is put here for a pur ...

Click here to see the java version with snow falling Welcome to Holly Llamas. We're a small llama farm located about 20 miles north of Seattle. My husband and I have been raising llamas since 1987 when our two sons left home. Some have said it was empty nest syndrome. I think it was love at first sight! At the time our sons moved out, we had a couple of female pygmy goats, a male and two female Japanese sitka deer and a female burro. We have such limited space (only 1 3/4 acres) but h ...