Lamoid
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Lamoid is a group of South American camelids, which includes the guanaco, vicuna, alpaca and llama. The digestive system of lamoids is distinctive, with a noteworthy capability for digesting certain toxins.[1] Furthermore, the gallbladder structure is absent in lamoids.[2]
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- Murray E. Fowler. 1998. Medicine and Surgery of South American Camelids: Llama, Alpaca, Vicuna, Guanaco, second edition, Blackwell Publishing ISBN 0813803977, 9780813803975 549 pages
- C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Guanaco: Lama guanicoe, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Strömberg
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