Llama Emoji

Animals

A full-bodied, light-brown llama standing in profile, facing left. The emoji features the animal’s signature long neck, fuzzy coat, and alert, upright ears, capturing its distinct look as a pack animal native to the Andes.

Usage Context

Used to represent the animal itself, mountain trekking, or general farm life. People often use it as a substitute for references to South America or Peru. It is frequently sent alongside other pasture-dwelling creatures like 🐑 or 🐐 when discussing livestock or wool-producing animals.

History

The llama was added to the Unicode standard in 2018 as part of Emoji 11.0. Its inclusion came as part of a wider push to expand the variety of animals available in messaging platforms, following requests from users who wanted more specific representations of South American fauna beyond the generic 🐎 or 🐫.

Details

Glyph

🦙

Unicode

U+1F999

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f999:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD99;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category Animals

Subcategory animal-mammal

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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