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Vicuña

It is about 86 cms tall, and 100 pounds heavy. It is a slender animal, graceful, with cinnamon colored skin spotted with white in the tummy area.

Scientific name
Vicugna Vicugna
Family
Camelidae
Distribution
Bewteen the First and the Second regions
Habitat
From 3700 to the 4800 meters above sea level.

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