• Andean Extra Fine Fiber Alpaca

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Metadata

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last Record

the 17th century

Place of Breeding

southern Peru

Extinction Reason

Spanish conquest

References

Wheeler, Jane  C. (2005). Pre-Conquest Alpaca and Llama Breeding. The Camelid Quarterly. http://www.conopa.org/publicaciones/preconquest_alpaca_and_llama_breeding.php

Wheeler, J. C., Russel, A. J. F., & Stanley, H. F. (1992). A MEASURE OF LOSS: PREHISPANIC LLAMA AND ALPACA BREEDS. Archivos de Zootecnia, 41, 467–475. http://www.uco.es/organiza/servicios/publica/az/articulos/1992/145(extra)/pdf/wheeler_467_475.pdf