#0316 · 🦊 mammals

Alpaca

Lama pacos

🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Bernd Dietrich · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © James Steamer · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © brian steven · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © moabhikers · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Laguna Colorada, Département de Potosi, BO:© marineflo · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Nevado Chachani, Arequipa, PE:© no rights reserved · CC0
7. CU-593, Cuzco, PE:© Ian Cruickshank · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Candarave, Perú:© yaneth_moreno · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Entre Cuzco et Chivay, Pérou:© Jacques Ranger · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Auzangate:© deniscorbeil · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The alpaca ( Vicugna pacos ) is a domesticated species of South American camelid. Alpacas are similar to llamas, and are often confused with them. The two animals are closely related, and can successfully cross-breed. They are also closely related to the vicuña, which is believed to be the alpaca's wild ancestor, and to the guanaco.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,527iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).