Registration
Learn how to preserve your animal’s pedigree and ensure eligibility for ILR programs.
Why register?
- Since our founding in 1985, the International Lama Registry has been dedicated to building the most accurate and trusted lama database in North America.
- Registering your llama, alpaca, guanaco, vicuna or crossbreed with the ILR provides you with a detailed genealogy, ownership history for the animal, the ability to earn ILR awards inside and outside the show ring, and the ability to register future offspring.
Registry Classes
Registered
- Available to llamas and alpacas born of two registered or screened parents.
- Open to guanacos, vicunas, and cross-breeds of unknown parentage.
- Offspring of registered animals are eligible for registration.
- Eligible for all ILR Show Division classes and awards.
Listed
- Available when one or both parents are unknown.
- Offspring are not eligible for registration.
- May participate in ILR sanctioned performance classes.
- No tracked lineage.
Screened
- Requires physical and phenotypic evaluation.
- Offspring are eligible for registration.
- May participate in ILR sanctioned performance classes.
- Learn more on the Screening Information page
Register Your Lama
- Use the if all verifications can be signed.
- Otherwise submit the PDF Registration Form with photos and fees by mail.
Naming Rules
- Maximum 35 characters.
- Must differ by at least one letter from existing names.
- No infringement on breeder identifiers or protected names.
- No unauthorized ranch or personal names.
Photograph Requirements
- Registrations without proper photos are not accepted.
- Minimum 2 photos (left & right), 4 recommended.
- Color photos showing full lama only.
- No other animals in the photo.
