Family Camelidae

Animals in the family Camelidae on Global Animal Guide. The guide features 5 species in this family — each profile answers the most-searched questions first.

Llama standing in a mountain pasture with long neck and alert ears

Domesticated

Mammal

Llama

The Andean pack animal and flock guardian

Alpaca with thick fleece grazing in a green field

Domesticated

Mammal

Alpaca

The Andean fleece specialist

Vicuña with slender neck and cinnamon coat grazing on sparse high Andean puna

Least Concern

Mammal

Vicuña

Wild Andean camelid with ultrafine wool

Guanaco with tawny coat and white underparts standing on windy Patagonian steppe

Least Concern

Mammal

Guanaco

Wild South American camelid ancestor of the llama

Dromedary camel with a single hump standing on golden desert sand dunes

Least Concern

Mammal

Camel

The desert traveler that thrives without water