an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles. 2. a fundamental, primary, or general law or truth from which others are derived: the principles of modern physics. 3. a fundamental doctrine or tenet; a distinctive ruling opinion: the principles of the Stoics.
Llamas live wild in South America, mainly in Peru, Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia. However, they have been domesticated and there are farms all over the United States and Canada that raise llamas. Llamas are very smart animals with a mental capacity exceeding that of a dog.
The paca generally stays in moist lowland habitats but may also live in seasonally arid areas near permanent streams or bodies of water. In Costa Rica, it is common in relatively undisturbed forest of up to 2,000 m in elevation, from the driest deciduous forests to the wettest tropical evergreen forests. Range.