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Tuesday 20 October 2026

A cream-coloured alpaca with a thick woolly coat stands on rocky mountain ground, with more alpacas grazing behind it.
Photo: Lucas Illanes · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist

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Alpaca

It shares a toilet with its herd: they all use the same dung pile. They avoid eating the grass around it, which helps stop parasites spreading.

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Lives in
MountainsHigh grasslands of the Andes from Peru to Argentina, and farms around the world
More about the alpacaScientific name, size and Red List status
Scientific name
Lama pacos
Size
81–99 cm tall at the shoulder
IUCN Red List
Not evaluated

The IUCN Red List has assessed 175,909 species. This one has not been assessed yet. What this means

Fact source: Merck Veterinary Manual

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