Vicugna

scientific name : Vicugna vicugna

vicuna (English)

sholder heght 86 - 96cm / weight 45 - 55kg

It beongs to "vicugna"(genus) of the camel family.

It lives in the Andes destrict and is smaller than goanaco.

A fiber called "KYUMPY" can be taken from the hair of vicugna.

It is the haer better than the hair of alpaca or goanaco.

Although the crisis of extinction was used as a certain kind. since the front was fully protected in about 30 years, recently, the number of individuals is increasing.