Vicuña
The vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) or vicuna (both /vɪˈkuːnjə/, very rarely spelled vicugna, its genus name) is one of the two wild South American camelids which live in the high alpine areas of the Andes, the other being the guanaco, which lives at lower elevations. Vicuñas are relatives of the llama, and are now believed to be the wild ancestor of domesticated alpacas, which are raised for their coats. Vicuñas produce small amounts of extremely fine wool, which is very expensive because the animal can only be shorn every three years and has to be caught from the wild. When knitted together, the product of the vicuña's wool is very soft and warm. The Inca valued vicuñas highly for their wool, and it was against the law for anyone but royalty to wear vicuña garments; today, the vicuña is the nat
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Vicuña
The vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) or vicuna (both /vɪˈkuːnjə/, very rarely spelled vicugna, its genus name) is one of the two wild South American camelids which live in the high alpine areas of the Andes, the other being the guanaco, which lives at lower elevations. Vicuñas are relatives of the llama, and are now believed to be the wild ancestor of domesticated alpacas, which are raised for their coats. Vicuñas produce small amounts of extremely fine wool, which is very expensive because the animal can only be shorn every three years and has to be caught from the wild. When knitted together, the product of the vicuña's wool is very soft and warm. The Inca valued vicuñas highly for their wool, and it was against the law for anyone but royalty to wear vicuña garments; today, the vicuña is the nat
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A vicunha (Vicugna vicugna) é ...... a zona de lavouras cultivadas.
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Ball fiáin de chlann na gcamal ...... fhiacla ag fás an t-am ar fad.
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Bikuina (Vicugna vicugna) Hego ...... k putzuetatik gertu bizi dira.
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Das Vikunja (Vicugna vicugna) ...... st aber kleiner und schlanker.
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De vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) be ...... ven in kleine familiegroepjes.
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La vicunya (Vicugna vicugna), ...... ú. És apreciada la seva llana.
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La vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) —d ...... s genéticos menores de llama.
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La vigogna (Vicugna vicugna) è ...... gogna era un animale protetto.
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The vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) o ...... s, including a fertility rite.
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Vicugna vicugna(Ne doit pas êt ...... briquer des vêtements de luxe.
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Vicuña in the Atacama Desert
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Vicuña
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Vicuña range
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Vicugna vicugna
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A vicunha (Vicugna vicugna) é ...... a zona de lavouras cultivadas.
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Ball fiáin de chlann na gcamal ...... fhiacla ag fás an t-am ar fad.
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Bikuina (Vicugna vicugna) Hego ...... ikuinen ilea bereziki fina da.
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Das Vikunja (Vicugna vicugna) ...... st aber kleiner und schlanker.
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De vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) be ...... ven in kleine familiegroepjes.
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La vicunya (Vicugna vicugna), ...... ú. És apreciada la seva llana.
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La vigogna (Vicugna vicugna) è ...... gogna era un animale protetto.
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Vicugna vicugna(Ne doit pas êt ...... éographique de Vicugna vicugna
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Viciúna
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Vicugna vicugna
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