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Vicuña

Vicugna vicugna

Description:

Large herd of Vicugnas at the base of Mt. Chimborazo

Habitat:

Alpine Tundra in the Andes Mountains

Notes:

At one point their population reached as low as 6,000 individuals but has now recovered to upwards of 350, 000

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2 Comments

rileysp
rileysp 12 years ago

no, de ley son vicuñas.

Son guanacos, las vicuñas no hay en el Chimborazo o por lo menos eso me dijo un señor en Guaranda, yo pense tambien que eran vicuñas al principio

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