Alpaca 

Macropus rufogriseus

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What do I eat?

Grasses

Where do I live?

Andes, South America

Fun Fact

Alpacas are thought to have been domesticated more than 6,000 years ago from a version of vicuña, a South American ruminants that live high in the Andes.

Fun Fact

Alpacas were raised by the Andean people mainly for their soft wool, but also for fuel and meat

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