What camel originates from Africa and South Asia?
Domedary
What camel originates from Central Asia?
Bactrian
Where do Guanacos, Llamas, Vicunas, and Alpacas originate from?
South America
What is the wild predecosor of a llama?
Guanaco
What is the wild predecosor of an alpaca?
Vicuna
What camelid group is used for iridng, carrying goods, agriculture, meat, fiber, and dung (fuel)?
camels
What camelid group is used primarily as a pac animal, meat, fibe, and dun (fuel)?
lamoids
The lamoid group includes what?
llamas
alpacas
What is a condition where a male llama who has been improperly imprinted on humans becomes physically aggressive towards people upon reaching pubery?
“Beserk Male” Syndrome
What is the name for a neonate camelid?
cria
What is the term (s) for paturition in a camelid?
criation
unpacking
What ia the term for a female camleid?
dam
What is the the term for a proven male camelid used for breeding?
herdshire
stud
What is the term for the sounds that llamas make when they are tired, stressed, hot, uncomfortable, curious or concerned?
humming
What is a cross between alpaca and llama?
huzario
What is the term for the act of a camelid laying down sternally or the actual position of sternal recumbency?
kush
What is the term for a mature female read to breed for the first time, usually between 12-24 months old?
maiden
Wha tis the term for a female camelid that is not pregnant?
open
What is the term for the characteristis rapid grunting of a male camelid made by breeding males during copulation?
orgle
What is the term for when a camelid male displays characteristic behavioral nad physical signs that the breeding season has begun?
rut
What is the term for a father camelid?
stire
What is another name for the dromedary camel?
arabian camel
How many humps does the dromedary camel have?
one
What is the haircoat length of a dromedary camel?
short ot medium
How many humps does the bactrian camel have?
two
What camel has a long, dense, shaggy coat?
Bactrian
What breed of camel is present in large undomesticated groups in Mongolia, China, Kazakhstan, and India?
bactrian
Where did the llama originate?
south america
Is the alpaca or llama the largest?
llama
What are llamas directly descended from?
guanacos
What species of llamoid is native to the arid, mountaneous regions of south maerica?
guanaco
What is one of the largest wild mmamal species found in South America, though smaller than theri domesticated descendants?
guanaco
What species of llamoid has a dark brown topline seen with shades of cream or white along the ventral surfaces, with grey shading on the face?
guanaco
What species of llamoid originated in the western mountains of south america??
alpaca
What species of llamoid is smaller than llamas and guanacos?
alpaca
What species of llamoid is descended directly from the Vicuna?
alpaca
What species of llamoid is bred exclusively for fiber and meat?
alpaca
What species of llamoid is native to the central plains of the Andes in the South America?
vicuna
What species of llamoid the smallesst?
vicuna
What species of llamoid is present at about 350k and is still trheatened?
vicuna
How often are wild vicunas rounded up and shorn for their wool?
every 3 years
What species of llamoid has the finest animal fiber known to man?
vicuna
How much does vicuna fiber sell for?
400-600 dollars a kilogram
Do camelids ruminate?
yes
Are camelids classified as ruminants?
yes
How much can the termperature of a camelid flucturate without harm?
7 degrees
What shape is the red blood cell in a camel?
oval
For which species is the following dental formuls: 2(1/3, C1/1, P 3/1-2, M3/3)?
camels
How many teeth do camels have?
32-34
The foolowing dental formuyla applies to which collection of species?
2(I1/3, C1/1 P2/1 M3/3)
lamoid
How many teeth do lamoids have?
30
Do all camelids posses canines?
yes
When canines in male camelids become extremely sharp thery are called what?
fighting teeth
Do camelids posses a full complement of upper incisors?
no
Do camelids have a dental pad?
yes
Do camelids have a gall bladder/
no
What two metacarpals/metatarsals are dused in the camelids?
third and fourth
Do camels have vestigial digits?
no
Do camelids have hooves?
no
Do camelids have tonails?
yes
What kind of ovulator is the cameliud?
induced
What is the gestation of a lamoid?
11-12 mo
What is the gestation of a camel?
13-14 mo
How long is estrus in a camelid?
4-5 days
What position do camelids deliver in?
standing
kush
How are most camelids bred?
liver cover
In what position do camelids mate?
kush
What is the most common cause of mortality in camelid neonates?
failure of passive transfer of antiboides
Camelids have nutritional needs similar to what?
sheep and goats
When do camelids do best?
grazing on pasture
Are camelids capable of breaking through ice?
no
Wha tis the normal temp range for a camelid?
99-101.5
What is teh pulse rate for a camelid?
60-90bpm
Wha is the resp rate for a camelid?
10-30 rpm
