Vicugna vicugna Molina 1782 (camel)

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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