Vicuña
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The vicuña or vicuna is a wild South American camelid which lives in high alpine areas of the Andes. It is a relative of the llama, the domesticated descendant of the guanaco, the only other still wil
Vicuna
Herd of vicuñas near Arequipa, Peru
Vicuña near Chimborazo in Ecuador
Comparison of alpaca, llama, and vicuña (1914)
Llama
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The llama is a domesticated South American camelid, widely used as a meat and pack animal by Andean cultures since the pre-Columbian era.
Vicuña
…rarely spelled vicugna, its Latin specific name) is a wild South American camelid which lives in high alpine areas of the Andes. It is a relative of the llama, the domesticated descendant of the guanaco, the only other still wild South American camelid. The vicuña is believed to be the ancestor of domesticated…
Llamas, Vernagt Stausee, Italy
A Quechua girl in traditional dress with a llama in Cusco, Peru
A domestic llama
Skeleton of a llama