Northern Llama

The Northern Llama is the only native North American camelid of modern times. It is the most adaptable of large animals of North America, adapting in areas such as the deserts of California and Nevada, to grasslands of the great plains, to the tundras of Alaska, to swamps of Florida, and to human settlements. It resembles a guanaco of South America, but are about the size of a very large domestic llama. It can feed on grass, leaves, fruit, horsetails, ferns, cycads, barks, and even thorns.