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They were exclusively the property of the Incas; as were the vicunas, which roam in native freedom over the frozen ranges of the Cordilleras. The huanucu is considerably larger than the llama, which it so much resembles, that it was formerly considered to be the same animal in a wild state.
It is on the above-mentioned bleak table-land that the llama, with its kindred the alpaca, vicuna, and huanucu are found. The historian of the conquest calls them the sheep of Peru, but the llama is more allied in its characteristics to the camel of the desert.
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