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Alpaca
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| Alpaca | |
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| Species: | V. pacos
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| Vicugna pacos (Linnaeus, 1758)
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The Alpaca (Vicugna pacos) is one of the four species of South American camelid, and they are domesticated. It resembles a small llama in superficial appearance. Alpacas are bred for their fiber while Llamas are used to carry burdens.[1]
- ↑ Kadwell, Miranda; Fernandez, Matilde; Stanley, Helen F.; Baldi, Ricardo; Wheeler, Jane C.; Rosadio, Raul; Bruford, Michael W. (2001). "Genetic analysis reveals the wild ancestors of the llama and the alpaca". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences. 268 (1485): 2575–2584. doi:10.1098/rspb.2001.1774. PMC 1088918. PMID 11749713.
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