LLAMA Habitat: Mountains Seeks Out: Crops Diet: Herbivorous Size: Large Description he llama is a strange but useful animal. It is about the size of a small pony, with wool like a goat and a long neck. Llamas are used by mountain folk as beasts of burden, and as a source of wool, milk and at need meat. By and large they are gentle creatures, though they often have a decidedly independent streak.