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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.
Llama Conservation status Domesticated Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Camelidae Genus: Lama Species: L. glama Binomial name Lama glama (Linnaeus, 1758) Domestic llama and alpaca range Synonyms Camelus glama Linnaeus, 1758 The llama (Lama glama) is a domesticated South American camelid, widely used as a ...
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.
The mountain is a refuge for 8,000 rewilded vicuñas, the feral ancestors of domesticated alpacas, and home to the world’s largest hummingbirds, which flitter around a flowering evergreen shrub ...
(entirely domesticated) 300 to 600 kg (660 to 1,320 lb) Wild Bactrian camel (Camelus ferus) China and Mongolia 300 to 820 kg (660 to 1,800 lb) Lama: Llama (Lama glama) (domestic form of guanaco) 130 to 200 kg (290 to 440 lb) Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) South America about 90 to 120 kg (200 to 260 lb) Alpaca (Lama pacos) (domestic form of vicuña)
Guanacos have thick skin on their necks, a trait also found in their domestic counterparts, the llama, and their relatives, the wild vicuña and domesticated alpaca. This protects their necks from predator attacks. Bolivians use the neck skin of these animals to make shoes, flattening and pounding the skin to be used for the soles.
The animals domesticated in the Inca Empire were mainly camelids. They also domesticated the cuy or guinea pig. Although no significant samples of guinea pigs have been found in the Andes, it is believed that their domestication was minor or in small proportions. Currently, the guinea pig is part of the diet of the Andean peoples.
Very small domestic population, wild relatives fairly common 1c Carnivora: Domesticated hedgehogs (Atelerix albiventris, A. algirus, Hemiechinus auritus and H. collaris) Four-toed (Atelerix albiventris), Algerian (A. algirus), long-eared (Hemiechinus auritus), and Indian long-eared hedgehog (H. collaris) the 1980s Central and Eastern Africa: pets