Vicugna

Vicugna
Vicugna vicugna / Vicugna

Vikunja

Habitat: Grasslands in the high mountains between 3,200 and 4,800 m
Continent: South America
Food: Grasses and foliage, small shrubs
Gestation/breeding period: ~ 340 days
Mode of life: Small family groups, males also solitary or in small groups
Class: Mammals
Order: Artiodactyla

Key facts

~ 90 cm
size

~ 40 kg
weight

~ 30 years
age

How endangered are Vicugnas?

by IUCN (Red List of Threatened Species)

Not evaluated
Data deficient
Least concern Least concern
Near threatened
Vulnerable
Endangered
Critically endangered
Extinct in the wild
Extinct

Did you know?

The incisors in the lower jaw grow back throughout the vicugna’s life, similar to rodents.

Vicugnas