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Vicuña

The vicuña ( Lama vicugna ) or vicuna (both /vɪˈkuːnjə/, very rarely spelled vicugna , its former genus name) 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. Vicuñas are relatives of the llama, and are now believed to be the wild ancestor of domesticated alpacas, which are raised for their coats. Vicuñas produce small amounts of extremely...