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Alpaca

Lama pacos

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Peru.January 4, February 7, March 3, April 10, May 29, June 20, July 14, August 11, September 17, October 14, November 10, December 4.
Peru143
Cusco62
Arequipa44
Ecuador43
Napo24
Bolivia19
Chile17
Puno16
United States15
Región de Arica y Parinacota12

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderEven-toed Ungulates and Cetaceans · Artiodactyla
FamilyCamelids · Camelidae
GenusLlamas and Guanacos · Lama

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Alpaca with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.