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Baku Zoological Park

Alpaca

Size and weight

Up to 100 cm in height
48-84 kg

Nutrition

Herbivore

Life Span

15-20 years

Reproduction

1

Conservation status

Domesticated

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Adorable, docile and soft, alpacas are prized as pets and cattle around the world. There are no wild alpacas. Alpacas are domesticated versions of vicuñas, South American ruminants that live high in the Andes