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Vicugna

Educational resources on Vicugna

Vicugna or Vicugna vicugna is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Conservation Dependent . IUCN Profile of the Vicugna

Academic web links for the Vicugna.


ADW: Vicugna vicugna: Information
The current range of the vicuna lies in the Andes of southern Peru, western Bolivia, northwestern Argentina, and northern Chile (Nowak, 1991).
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Vicugna_vicugna.html

ADW: Vicugna vicugna: Pictures
...alpaca Lama pacos vicugna Vicugna vicugna: vicugna Vicugna vicugna: vicugna Vicugna vicugna : vicugna Vicugna vicugna
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Vicugna_vicugna.html

genome.wustl.edu
Vicuña. Vicugna vicugna. Vicuñas live in the Andean region of Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile, at elevations above 3,500 meters (11,700 ft). Alert and shy when sensing danger
genome.wustl.edu/genome.cgi?GENOME=Vicugna%20pacos

Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna)
Vicuña. Vicugna vicugna. Vicuñas live in the Andean region of Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile, at elevations above 3,500 meters (11,700 ft). Alert and shy when sensing danger
www.cogsci.indiana.edu/farg/harry/bio/zoo/vicugna.htm

Mammal Species of the World - Browse: vicugna
Mammal Species of the World: Information on vicugna ... Author: Molina, 1782. Citation: Sagg. Stor. Nat. Chile: 313. Common Name: Vicugna
www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=14200122

GSC: Vicugna pacos
GC: Genome Center ... Habitat The alpaca, Vicugna pacos, is derived from the wild vicuna. The alpaca is only known in the domestic state and is typically found grazing in the
genomeold.wustl.edu/genome.cgi?GENOME=Vicugna%20pacos

Breeds of Livestock - Other Species
Lama glama, the llama; Lama pacos, the alpaca; Lama guanico, the Guanaco; and Vicugna vicugna, the Vicuna. They will interbreed and do produce fertile hybrids.
www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/other

Mammal Species of the World - Browse: Vicugna
Mammal Species of the World: Information on Vicugna ... Author: Lesson, 1842. Citation: Nouv. Tabl. Regn. Anim. Mammifères: 167. Type Species:
www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=14200121

ADW: Castillo-Ruiz, Alexandra
...alpaca Lama pacos: alpaca Lama pacos: alpaca Lama pacos : alpaca Lama pacos vicugna Vicugna vicugna: vicugna Vicugna vicugna
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/resources/alexandra_castillo-ruiz

Chile Copper Exports
Guanaco: (Lama guanicoe) Llama: (Lama glama) Vicuna: (Vicugna vicugna) Fish
www.american.edu/TED/copper.htm







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