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The vicuña (Lama vicugna) or vicuna [3] (both / v ɪ ˈ k uː n j ə /, very rarely spelled vicugna, its former genus name) [4] [5] is one of the two wild South American camelids, which live in the high alpine areas of the Andes; the other camelid is the guanaco, which lives at lower elevations.
The War of the Vicuñas and Basques (Spanish: Guerra de Vicuñas y Vascongados), [1] or sometimes just Vicuña War, [2] was an armed conflict in Upper Peru, present-day Bolivia, that lasted between June 1622 and March 1625, fought between Basques and "Vicuñas" (an informal term for non-Basque Spaniards in Upper Peru, a name obtained through the habit of wearing hats made of vicuña skins).
The down hair of the vicuña used for the production of vicuña wool is, with an average hair diameter of 11–13.5 microns, one of the finest animal hairs.Only shahtoosh, the hair of the Tibetan antelope, is finer, with an average diameter of 8–13 microns.
Lama is a genus containing the South American camelids: the wild guanaco and vicuña and the domesticated llama, alpaca, and the extinct chilihueque.Before the Spanish conquest of the Americas, llamas, alpacas, and chilihueques were the only domesticated ungulates of the continent.
Camelids are members of the biological family Camelidae, the only currently living family in the suborder Tylopoda.The seven extant members of this group are: dromedary camels, Bactrian camels, wild Bactrian camels, llamas, alpacas, vicuñas, and guanacos.
The camelids were an essential part of the Tawantinsuyu.The Inca state was concerned with sourcing both meat and fiber from these animals. Inca animal husbandry refers to how in the pre-Hispanic andes, camelids played a truly important role in the economy.
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Cerro Vicuñas is a volcanic mountain in the Andes of Chile which lies immediately north of Ojos del Salado.It has a height of 6067 metres. [5] Vicuñas if often used as acclimatisation peak before major peaks like Ojos del Salado.