Published in Scientific Works. Series C. Veterinary Medicine, Vol. LXX, Issue 2
Written by Petronela Mihaela ROȘU, Bogdan GEORGESCU, Cristian Romeo BELU, Adela Ioana MUSTĂȚEA, Sorina Andreea MIHAI, Diana ȘERBĂNESCU, Dana TĂPĂLOAGĂ
This study is crucial as it aims to analyze and describe the morphological characteristics of the llama's skull bones. The research provides a series of characteristics crucial for recognizing and differentiating the Lama glama, a domesticated South American camelid. These findings can be applied to identify and study this species accurately. The growth of this species in Europe has gained momentum in recent years. Two skulls, male and female, were selected from the Anatomy discipline collection for this study. The following conclusions emerge from our detailed anatomical
descriptions: males' external sagittal and nuchal crests are more developed, and the supraorbital foramen continues rostrally with a reduced groove. Between the frontal, nasal, lacrimal and maxillar bones is a fronto-naso-lacrimomaxillary foramen. Two foramina open in the orbital hiatus: the optic foramen and the orbitorotundum foramen. Accessory palatine foramina are located caudal to the greater palatine foramen. On the upper arch, at the level of the diastema, in both males and females, there are one or two dental alveoli for the rudimentary first premolar.
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