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Llamas are normally sheared every two years, each yielding about 3–3.5 kg of fibre. Llama fleece consists of the coarse guard hairs of the protective outer coat (about 20 percent) and the short, crimped (wavy) fibre of the insulating undercoat. The coarse fleece is inferior to the wool of the alpaca. The hair’s colour is usually variegated, generally in shades of brown, although there are...
...low-cost felts and carpets manufactured for the automobile industry. Fibres obtained from animals of the camel family include camel hair ( q.v.), mainly from the Bactrian camel, and guanaco, llama, alpaca, and vicuña ( q.q.v.) fibres, all from members of the genus Lama.