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Extinct Camelid Breeds

 

 

Andean coarse fiber llama

 

Country or region: Andes mountains, South America

Last record: prehispanic

 

References

Wheeler, J. C., Russel, A. J. F. and Stanley, H. F. (1992). A measure of loss: Prehispanic llama and alpaca breeds. Arch. Zootec. 41(extra): 467-475.

 


 

Andean extra fine fiber alpaca

 

Country or region: Andes mountains, South America

Last record: prehispanic

 

References

Wheeler, J. C., Russel, A. J. F. and Stanley, H. F. (1992). A measure of loss: Prehispanic llama and alpaca breeds. Arch. Zootec. 41(extra): 467-475.

 


 

Andean fine fiber alpaca

 

Country or region: Andes mountains, South America

Last record: prehispanic

 

References 

Wheeler, J. C., Russel, A. J. F. and Stanley, H. F. (1992). A measure of loss: Prehispanic llama and alpaca breeds. Arch. Zootec. 41(extra): 467-475.

 


 

Andean fine fiber llama

 

Country or region: Andes mountains, South America

Last record: prehispanic

 

References

Wheeler, J. C., Russel, A. J. F. and Stanley, H. F. (1992). A measure of loss: Prehispanic llama and alpaca breeds. Arch. Zootec. 41(extra): 467-475.

 


 

Chilihueque (camelid)

 

Country or region: Chile

 

References

Bonacic, Cristián (1991). Características biológicas y productivas de los camélidos sudamericanos. Avances en ciencias veterinarias. Vol. 6, No. 2.

Shuker, Karl. (20 March 2016) Whatever Happened to the Hueque? Seeking the Lost Llama of Chile. ShukerNature. Blogspot.

Westbury, Michael, Prost, S., Seelenfreund, A., Ramírez, J.-M., Matisoo-Smith, E. A. and Knapp, M. (2016). First complete mitochondrial genome data from ancient South American camelids - The mystery of the chilihueques from Isla Mocha (Chile). Scientific Reports 6: 38708. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep38708

https://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/17082/chilihueque

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilihueque

 


 

 

 

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