🦙Alpaca
Alpakaen (Vicugna pacos) er et domesticeret sydamerikansk pattedyr i familien Camelidae. Den er nært beslægtet med den vildtlevende vikunja. Der er fremavlet to racer af alpakaen, suri og huacaya. Huacaya er den mest almindelige. Indtil 2001 var alpakaens videnskabelige betegnelse Lama pacos, idet man antog at den var nærmere beslægtet med lamaen, og ligesom denne nedstammede fra den vildtlevende guanaco. Nye DNA-teknologier har imidlertid afsløret at den nedstammer fra vikunjaen. Alpakaer holdes hele året på græs i 3.500-5.000 meters højde i Andesbjergene, omkring 80 procent af dyrene findes i Peru. Alpakaen er betydeligt mindre end lamaen og blev ikke avlet som pakdyr, men for dens uld. Alpakauld anvendes i strikkede eller vævede tekstiler som tæpper, sweatre, hatte, handsker, tørklæder, ponchos, frakker og sengetøj. En udvokset alpaka har normalt en højde på 81-99 cm og vejer 48-84 kg.
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The IUCN Red List has not assessed Vicugna pacos yet.
- Body mass
- 62 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- 0.93 m
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 26 years
Everything we know about the Alpaca
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass62 kgAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: high
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Shoulder height0.93 m0.9–0.95 m · typical rangeat the withersDetails ↓Hide ↑
Page: "Measured at the withers: 90-95 cm when fully grown". Range only; value is the midpoint. Husbandry-standard figure for the domestic breed population, stated as such. ADW has no alpaca account.
Source: NSW Department of Education, Animals in Schools: 'Alpacas - introduction' (government husbandry guidance), https://education.nsw.gov.au/teaching-and-learning/animals-in-schools/animals-in-schools-species/alpacas/alpacas-introduction · see citation
Maximum lifespan26 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation345 daysAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter size1AnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l62 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Alpaca yet: body length, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderArtiodactyla
- ›familyCamelidae
- ›genusVicugna
- ›speciesVicugna pacos
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- familyCamelidae
- genusVicugna
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderTylopoda
- familyCamelidae
- genusVicugna
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