Glossary of Terms
Camel, n., A horse planned by a committee.
Anon.
NOTE: Where a glossary definition is taken, in substatially unaltered form, from another source, a source citation is included in square brackets--[ ]--after the term. COD refers to the Concise Oxford Dictionary, 1982 edition.
A
- Afghanistan
Southern Asian country located north and west of Pakistan and east of Iran. [World Factbook]
- Alpaca
1) Kind of South American camelid with long, wooly hair (Lama Pacos).
2) Alpaca wool; fabric made from alpaca wool, with or without other fibers.
- Altiplano
A cold, dry, and windy plateau located between the Cordillera Oriental and the Cordillera Occidental ranges of the Andes Mountains in Bolivia and Peru.
- Andes
Mountain system in western South America extending from Panama to Tierra del Fuego.
- Argentina
Second largest country in South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, Chile, Uraguay, and Paraguay. Argentina has an export oriented agricultural sector. [World Factbook]
- Artiodactyla
Even toed ungulates, or hoofed mammals. One of 18 orders of mammals. The Artiodactyla include: camels, llamas, alpacas, guanacos, vicuñas, and many other species.
B
- Bactrian Camel
- Bahrain
Middle Eastern country located in the Persian Gulf, east of Saudi Arabia. [World Factbook]
- Bolivia
Central South American country located southwest of Brazil. [World Factbook]
C
- Camel
Large hornless ruminant long-necked cushion-footed camelid with one hump (Arabian) or two humps (Bactrian). Both camel species are native to the old world.
- Camelus
- Camelidae
- Census Farm
For the 1996 Census of Agriculture, Statistics Canada defines a Census Farm as any "agricultural operation producing at least one of the following products for sale: crops (field crops, tree fruits or nuts, berries or grapes, vegetables, seed), livestock (cattle, pigs, sheep, horses, game animals, other livestock), poultry (hens, chickens, turkeys, chicks, game birds, other poultry), animal products (milk or cream, eggs, wool, furs, meat), or other agricultural products (greenhouse of nursury products, Christmas trees, mushrooms, sod, honey, maple syrup products)."
- Chile
Southern South American country bordering the South Atlantic and South Pacific Oceans, Argentina, and Peru. In 1996, Chile concluded a Free Trade Agreement with Canada. [World Factbook]
- Chordata
Broad group of bilaterally symetrical animal species having the following features at some point in their lives (sometimes only in the embryo):
gill slits in the pharynx or throat.
dorsal nerve cord consisting of nerve fibers running down the back.
a cartilaginous rod, or notochord, running underneath and supporting the nerve cord.
post-anal tail.
- Convention for the Conservation of the Vicuña
Treaty, signed on August 16, 1969, in La Paz.
- Convention for the Conservation and Management of the Vicunña
Treaty, signed on December 20, 1979 in Lima, Peru, by Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru.
The Convention places the vicuña under strict state control, prohibits hunting and illegal trade, and provides for national parks, reserves and other protected areas.
Complete Treaty Text.
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
Treaty signed on March 3, 1973, in Washington DC (USA) and ammended in Bonn on June 22, 1979.
Under the Convention, trade in specimens of a species is controlled if the species is threatened with extinction, may become threatened with extinction or is otherwise regulated by a signatory nation. Trade in a species may also be controlled if trade in that species would endanger another species.
Complete Treaty Text.
- Cria
D
- Dromedary
Originally a light fast moving camel bred for riding. Now used to describe the one humped, or Arabian, camel.
E
- Ecuador
Western South American republic bordering the Pacific Ocean at the equator, Columbia, and Peru. Ecuador has rich agricultural areas. [World Factbook]
- Extinct
A species is extinct when there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. [IUCN]
F
- Feral
Wild, untamed; in wild state after escape from captivity; brutal. [COD]
G
- Guanaco (Lama Guanicoe)
Wild camelid, closely related to the llama, with reddish brown wool. Guanacos are native to the new world.
- Gelding
A neutered male. Such a male has been deprived of its reproductive ability and cannot be used for breeding females.
H
- Himalayas
A mountain system in South Asia on border between India and Tibet, and in Kashmir, Nepal, and Bhutan. Also Himalaya (Sanskrit--"Abode of Snow").
I
- IUCN - The World Conservation Union
The IUCN, or International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, is one of the world's oldest international conservation organizations. It was founded in Fontainbleau, France on October 5, 1948 as "The International Union for the Protection of Nature."
L
- Lama
- Llama
1) New world camelid used as a beast of burden (Lama Glama).
2) Material made of llama wool.
- Large-headed Llama (Hemiauchenia Macrocephala)
Extinct prehistoric camelid.
M
O
- Oman
Middle Eastern country bordering the Arabian Sea, gulf of Oman, and Persian Gulf, between Yemen and the United Arab Emirates. [World Factbook]
P
- Patagonia
A region of South America in southern Argentina and Chile extending from the Rio Colorado to the Straits of Magellan and from the Andes to the Atlantic. [Encarta 97]
- Peru
Third largest country in South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, Chile and Ecuador. [World Factbook]
Q
- Qatar
Middle Eastern country bordering the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia. [World Factbook]
T
- Tylopoda
U
- United Arab Emirates
Middle Eastern country bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia. [World Factbook]
V
- Vertebrata
Animal, of the phylum chordata, possessing a segmented spinal column in the adult stage. Also called vertebrates.
- Vicuña
1) The smallest member of the camelid family, closely related to the llama, alpaca and guanaco, with fine silky wool (Vicugna Vicugna).
2) Cloth made from vicuña wool and imitations thereof.
W
- Western Camel (Camelops Hesternus)
Prehistoric camelid native to North America, and resembled the modern day dromedary. The species became extinct approximately 9,000 years ago.
- Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act (WAPPRIITA)
Canadian statute controlling the import, export, interprovincial transport and sale of certain wild species of animals and plants and their parts and derivatives.
Y
- Yearling
An animal more than one and less than two years old. [COD]
- Yemen
Middle Eastern country bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia. [World Factbook]
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