Kingdom Animalia Order Artiodactyla Tribe Lamini Higher classification Camelids | Phylum Chordata Family Camelidae Scientific name Vicugna Rank Genus | |
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Height Alpaca: 81 – 99 cm, Vicuña: 75 – 85 cm Mass Alpaca: 48 – 84 kg, Vicuña: 35 – 65 kg Gestation period Alpaca: 11 – 12 months, Vicuña: 11 months Lower classifications Alpaca, Vicuña | ||
Animal vicugna llama
Vicugna is a genus containing two South American camelids, the vicuña and the alpaca.
Previously thought to be descended from the llama, the alpaca was reclassified as part of Vicugna after a 2001 paper on alpaca DNA. The paper showed that the alpaca is descended from the vicuña, not the guanaco.
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