https://wildlife.blog/tags/andes/Recent content in Andes on Wildlife.blogHugoen-ushttps://wildlife.blog/posts/more-llamas-in-the-andes/https://wildlife.blog/posts/more-llamas-in-the-andes/<hr> <p><strong>Llama</strong> <em>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llama">Lama glama</a>)</em></p> <p>South America&rsquo;s original beast of burden, domesticated from wild guanacos over 5,000 years ago — llamas carried supplies across the Inca road network and still wander freely among the ruins today.</p> <p>Llamas are found throughout the Andean highlands of Peru, Bolivia, and beyond, thriving year-round at elevations above 3,000 metres.</p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llama">Wikipedia</a> | <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42391-Lama-glama">iNaturalist</a></p>