Recognize the difference with llama and alpaca

Interesting facts about the lama

• Llamas belong to the camel family and are found in South America. However, the llama has no humps - like all New World camels.
• On average, llamas weigh 130 kilograms and can reach a shoulder height of up to 120 centimeters.
• If you tease a llama so that it feels threatened, it will spit on its enemy. The saliva is only a warning, because most of the time llamas spit half-digested stomach contents.

Facts about the alpaca

• The alpaca can also be found in South America and is bred there for its wool.
• The fur of the alpacas can have different colors, it can be white, beige, black, brown or piebald. Alpacas are shorn about once a year.


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• The alpaca is also one of the New World camels and for this reason has no humps.
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• Alpacas weigh around 60 kilograms on average. They have thin, elongated legs and a long neck.

Differences between llama and alpaca

• The difference that you can tell right away is the size of the animals. While the llama is bigger and heavier, the alpaca is smaller and also lighter and thinner.
• Another difference is the ancestry of the two animals. The lama is descended from the guanaco. As has now been proven by DNA tests, the alpaca is descended from the vicuna.
• Take a close look at the ear shape of the llamas and alpacas. The ears of the llamas are slightly curved, while the ears of the alpacas are straight up and are more reminiscent of the shape of a spearhead.
• If you take a closer look, you can see that the tails of the animals look different. In the llama, the tail is just an extension of the back. The tail of the alpaca, on the other hand, sits a little lower.