Differences And Similarities Between Alpaca And The Vicuna

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Alpacas are interesting animals, alpacas are apart of the camel family. The camel also includes animal like llama guanacos and vicunas. This family of animals came from the plains of North America around 10 million years ago. The average ancestors of the camels traveled to South America about 2.5 million years ago. The two species, vicunas, and guanacos emerged, but they still live in the Andes. Some people still believed that around 6,000 years ago alpacas were developed by discriminating all the others breeds which were highly affected by the vicuna. The similarities between both of them are the size, fleece(fiber), and teeth between the alpaca and the vicuna. Alpacas are found only in South America, especially near the west-central part

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