Alpaca Size
Size of Alpaca
Weight | 55-65 kg [55 to 65 kg (121.15 to 143.17 lb)] | ||
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Height | 81-99 cm [81 and 99 cm (31 and 39 in)] | ||
Length | 1200-2250 mm [1200 to 2250 mm (47.24 to 88.58 in), tail length ranges from 150 to 250 mm (6 to 9 in)] | ||
Lifespan | 5-20 yrs [5-10 years in the wild; up to 20 years in captivity] | ||
Maximum speed | Top speed is around 30 mph (48 kmph) |
The Alpaca is a member of the chordata, It is a mammal that raises the next generation with female breast milk. In taxonomy, its phylum is Chordata, the class is Mammalia, and it belongs to the order Artiodactyla.
The Alpaca belonged to the family Camelidae, mainly distributed in South-America. They like to live in farms, temperate high meadow, and Their skin type is fur, and their bodies have multiple colors, mainly brown, fawn, black, white, tan, dark brown, cream, chocolate, caramel, beige, chestnut, white-brown, black-brown, sandy, golden, blonde, light-brown. it likes to eat hay, pasture grass and/or silage the most. It is currently estimated that there are Least concern.
The most distinctive feature of Alpaca is hypoallergenic fleece.