Lama glama

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q42569
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Summary

Lama glama is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.19% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,308 views/month, #362 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Lama panchitoe[4]
  • Taxon name: Lama glama[5]
  • Subclass of: domesticated mammal[6]
  • Commons category: Lama glama[7]
  • Unicode character: 🦙[8]
  • IPA transcription: /ˈlɑːmə/[9], ˈʎama[10], ˈʝama[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lama glama[12]
  • Commons gallery: Lama glama[13]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], The Encyclopedia Americana[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[17]
  • Original combination: Camelus glama[18]
  • Has characteristic: viviparity[19]
  • This taxon is source of: llama fiber[20], llama meat[21]
  • Short name: L. glama[22]
  • Taxon common name: lama andyjska[23], lama[24], llama[25]
  • Different from: Animalia[26], Lama panchitoe[27]
  • Gestation period: 358[28]
  • Longest observed lifespan: 28.9[29]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[30]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[31]
  • Sequenced genome URL: https://www.dnazoo.org/assemblies/Lama_glama[32]
  • Litter size: 1[33]

Body

Identifiers

Lama glama's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 121026[34]. Lama glama's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9844[35]. Lama glama's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 309018[36]. Lama glama's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5220190[37]. Lama glama's ITIS TSN is recorded as 625028[38].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Lama glama include llamafile[39], a command-line tool[40], founded in 2023[41].

Why It Matters

Lama glama has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Entities named for it include llamafile[39], a command-line tool[40], founded in 2023[41].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX5250377
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0): XX5250377"
  2. 19w ago · Jfpierce · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → viviparity
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has characteristic: viviparity"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ipa transcription → /ˈlɑːmə/, ˈʎama, ˈʝama
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 10658, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  4. 23w ago · LetmeEditit · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Longest observed lifespan → {'amount': '+28.9'}
    Diel cycle → diurnality
    Aliases → —
    Gestation period → {'amount': '+358'}
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon common name: llama"
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