05 What's the difference between alpacas and llamas?
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This article is from the Llamas & Alpacas FAQ, by Michael Shealy and William Bagwell with numerous contributions by others.
05 What's the difference between alpacas and llamas?
Size and fiber quality. Llamas were primarily bred to be a beast of burden, and alpacas were bred primarily as fiber producers. An average alpaca standing 34"-36" at the withers, where llamas stand 42"-48" at the withers. An adult alpaca will generally produce 5-8#s of high quality exotic uniformly crimped fiber in a single fiber fleece, each year.
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