The most important is the vicuña (Vicugna Vicugna), which has been protected since 1965. From Wordnik.com. [Central Andean wet puna] Reference
Also new to me were Vicuna Vicugna Vicugna, a small Andean camelid with rodent-like incisors. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
Chris Gomersall The Vicuna (Vicugna Vicugna) is classified as "least concern" on the Red List. From Wordnik.com. [Some Threatened Species See Gains] Reference
The Andean camelids are found in these and other ecoregions, including the vicuña (Vicugna Vicugna), llama (Lama glama), guanaco (Lama guanacoe), and alpaca (Lama pacos). From Wordnik.com. [Central Andean wet puna] Reference
The puma (Puma concolor), a fox (Dusicyon culpaeus) and two camelids, Vicugna (Vicugna Vicugna) and guanaco (Lama guanicoe), are the largest native animals in the area and are relatively numerous in some parts of the ecoregion. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Andean steppe] Reference
The vicuña (Vicugna Vicugna) – which along with the domesticated llama (Lama glama), the alpaca (Lama pacos), and the wild guanaco (Lama guanicoe) is one of four distinctive camel species found in the Tropical Andes – represents an important conservation success story for this hotspot. From Wordnik.com. [Biological diversity in the Tropical Andes] Reference
Ten mammal species have been recorded, including spectacled bear Tremarctos ornatus (V), puma Felis concolor incarum, mountain cat F. pajeros, white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus and the vicuna Vicugna Vicugna (V) are important indigenous species, but all have been heavily hunted in the past. From Wordnik.com. [Huascaran National Park, Peru] Reference
Vicugna wool, and hides, in exchange for European commodities. From Wordnik.com. [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time] Reference
Alpaca (Vicugna pacos) is a domesticated species of South American camelid. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Socially responsible art? It doesn't have to send you to sleep] Reference
Mammals in the region include vicuña (Vicugna Vicugna), puma (Felis concolor), andean cat (Felis jacobita), andean fox (Pseudalopex culpaeus), and quirquincho (Chaetophractus nationi). From Wordnik.com. [Central Andean dry puna] Reference
Gold, silver, and copper, form the whole of the articles sent from Chili to Spain, as the hides and Vicugna wool are of too little importance to be considered. ". From Wordnik.com. [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time] Reference
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