What kind of animal is an alpaca?

Alpacas (V.pacos) are animals of Artiodactyla, Camelidae and llamas, also known as llamas and humpless camels.

The appearance of alpacas looks interesting. They communicate mainly through body posture and gentle humming. Alpacas usually weigh between 100 and 200 kg, but they weigh about 70 to 90 kg. Looks a bit like a sheep, generally inhabiting the plateau at an altitude of 4000 meters. There are more than ten or dozens of camels in each group, led by 1 strong male camel. Feeding on spiny plants in the mountains. Alpaca's hair is longer than wool, bright and elastic, and can be made into high-grade wool fabric.

There are about 3 million in the world, of which about 90% live in the highlands of Peru and Chile in South America, and the rest are distributed in Victoria and New South Wales, Australia. In May 2002, China introduced 23 alpacas from Australia for the first time, and then carried out pure breeding to expand the population, which filled the blank of alpaca breeding in China.

Alpaca species

1, Suli alpaca

Suli alpaca stands out among alpacas because of its unique wool fiber characteristics.

2. Wakayo alpaca

Huacayo alpaca is the main species of alpaca in the world, accounting for more than 90% of the total number of alpacas, while Suli, New Zealand is only 3%, while 97% is Huacayo alpaca, accounting for 94% of the total number of Huacayo alpacas in the world.

Alpacas are gentle, intelligent and human, and easy to raise.

Alpacas are clean by nature and have the habit of defecating in a fixed place, and only defecate in a fixed place. Alpacas are docile, intelligent and human. They are often in a quiet state and will not try to escape. Therefore, alpacas are easy to raise and manage, and both grazing and captivity can be done.