Vicugna vicugna — Overview

Vicugna Lesson, 1842 learn more about names for this taxon

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Vicuna is the smallest species of the four South American camelids. Barely a meter high. It inhabits the plains of the high Andes, at an elevation of 3.000 meters above sea level. Its natural distribution extends from Ecuador to northern Chile and Argentina. In Chile this species is protected by legislation and hunting is prohibited.

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