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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Camelidae — thevicunas .
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Examples
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Chris Gomersall The Vicuna (Vicugna vicugna) is classified as "least concern" on the Red List.
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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.
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Also new to me were Vicuna Vicugna vicugna, a small Andean camelid with rodent-like incisors.
Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006
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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.
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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.
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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).
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The most important is the vicuña (Vicugna vicugna), which has been protected since 1965.
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Vicugna wool, and hides, in exchange for European commodities.
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Alpaca (Vicugna pacos) is a domesticated species of South American camelid.
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Mammals in the region include vicuña (Vicugna vicugna), puma (Felis concolor), andean cat (Felis jacobita), andean fox (Pseudalopex culpaeus), and quirquincho (Chaetophractus nationi).
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