Vicugna vicugna Molina 1782 (camel)
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Alternative combinations: Camelus vicugna, Lama (Vicugna) vicugna
Synonym: Vicugna provicugna Hoffstetter 1963
Belongs to Vicugna according to H. F. Stanley et al. 1994
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Menegaz et al. 1989, Scherer 2013 and Torres-Carro et al. 2021
Sister taxon: Lama (Vicugna) gracilis
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (2 collections), Peru (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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