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| name = ''Vicugna'' | | name = ''Vicugna'' | ||
| image = Vicunacrop.jpg | | image = Vicunacrop.jpg | ||
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| taxon = Vicugna | ||
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| authority = ], 1842 | ||
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| genus = '''''Vicugna''''' | |||
| genus_authority = ], 1842 | |||
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Vicugna | |
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Vicuña | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Camelidae |
Tribe: | Lamini |
Genus: | Vicugna Lesson, 1842 |
Species | |
Vicugna is a genus containing two South American camelids, the vicuña and the alpaca.
Previously thought to be descended from the llama, the alpaca was reclassified as part of Vicugna after a 2001 paper on alpaca DNA. The paper showed that the alpaca is descended from the vicuña, not the guanaco.
Gallery
References
- Wheeler, Dr Jane; Miranda Kadwell; Matilde Fernandez; Helen F. Stanley; Ricardo Baldi; Raul Rosadio; Michael W. Bruford (December 2001). "Genetic analysis reveals the wild ancestors of the llama and the alpaca". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 268 (1485): 2575–2584. doi:10.1098/rspb.2001.1774. PMC 1088918. PMID 11749713. 0962-8452 (Paper) 1471-2954 (Online).
Camelidae | |
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Afro-Asiatic camelids | |
South American camelids | |
Hybrids |