Vicuña

phylum	Chordata	The vicuña is one of two wild South American camelids which live in the high alpine areas of the Andes; the other being the guanaco. It is a relative of the llama, and is the wild ancestor of domesticated alpacas. Vicuñas produce small amounts of extremely fine wool, which is very expensive because the animal can only be shorn every three years, and has to be caught from the wild. The vicuña is more delicate and graceful than the guanaco, and smaller. A key distinguishing element of morphology is the better developed incisor roots for the guanaco. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Camelidae
class	Mammalia
infraclass	Eutheria
order	Artiodactyla
family	Camelidae
genus	Vicugna
species	V. vicugna

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