Vicugna - Vicugna vicugna: More Information - ARKive(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The smallest member of the camel family, the vicugna is thought to be the wild ancestor of the alpaca.
Following the extinction of the vicugna in Ecuador, it was reintroduced in 1988 with the help of Peru, Chile and Bolivia who all donated individuals from their own stock (6).
Vicugna gain some protection from the local belief of some natives of the Andes and the Aymara that the vicugna is a daughter of the fertility goddess Pachamama (2).
CoP12 Prop.12 Transfer the Population Of Vicuña Vicugnavicugna of the Province of Catamarca of Argentina from Appendix I To Appendix II for the exclusive purpose specified.
CoP12 Prop.13 Transfer of the remaining populations of Vicuña, Vicugnavicugna of Bolivia from Appendix I to Appendix II for the specified sole purpose.
CoP12 Prop.14 Transfer of the population of Vicuña, Vicugnavicugna of the Primera Región of Chile from Appendix I to Appendix II through the modification of annotations - 106 and +211.
Vicugna vicugna Definition / Vicugna vicugna Research(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The vicuña (Vicugnavicugna) is a relative of the llama The Llama (Lama glama) is a large camelid native to South America.
The term llama is sometimes used further broadly, to indicate any of the four closely related animals that make up the South American branch of the family Camelidae: the llama itself, the vicuña, alpaca, and guanaco....
Vicugnavicugna is a wild South American camelid with a fiber so highly valued that the species was hunted almost to extinction.
Nowadays, The South American Camelids are represented by the Vicuña VicugnaVicugna (with 2 sub-species: the first one, namely the southern vicuña V.v.vicugna, is located south of the latitude 18S, and is bigger and clearer than the northern Vicuña, the V.v.
In the year 2000, out of the total in the continent, some 90% of the Alpacas and 64% of the Vicuñas were located in Peru, whereas 60% of the Llamas were in Bolivia and 95% of the Guanacos in Argentina.
The Vicuña (Vicugnavicugnavicugna), a beautiful wild animal, is the smallest species of the four South American Camelids and its habitat is constituted by the High Andes territory at an altitude of 3,800 to 5,000 meters.
Vicugna - Vicugna vicugna - ARKive(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Status: The vicugna is classified as Lower Risk – conservation dependent (LR/cd) on the IUCN Red List 2004 and is listed on Appendix I of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS or Bonn Convention) except for the Peruvian populations, which are listed on Appendix II.
It is also listed as Endangered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.Subspecies: There are two subspecies: Vicugnavicugnavicugna and Vicugnavicugna mensalis, both classified as Lower Risk – conservation dependent (LR/cd) on the IUCN Red List 2004.
The back is pale brown and the underside and inner parts of the flanks are dirty white.
Vicuña - Open Dictionary(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A South American member of the camel family, Camelidae (order Artiodactyla), of mammals; its Latin name is Lama vicugna.
It is closely related to the alpaca, llama, and guanaco, which are referred to collectively as lamoids.
Vicugna, genus Vicugna -- (a genus of Camelidae).
dictionary.new-frontier.info /Vicugna (199 words)
INTA - Boletín INTA Informa Internacional - English edition: Number 01(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Research and development efforts, for more than 40 years, of the experts of the Soil Institute and INTA experimental stations all over the country, enabled the elaboration of a new Argentina Soils Map, a product of highly practical and scientific values for adequate management and conservation of soils in the country.
This activity has two important benefits: the improvement of the economy of several small-holders, mostly belonging to the Kolla ethnia, and the conservation of wild vicugna population.
This activity is beginning in the neighbor Province of Salta and recently CITES also allowed Catamarca Province to produce and export vicugna fiber and manufactures.
Vikunja (Lama vicugna) - Bild und Info(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Vikunja (Lama vicugna) - Sturmerprobtes Kamel der Anden
Wenn wir an Kamele denken, dann fallen uns das Einhöckrige Kamel oder Dromedar (Camelus dromedarius) und das Zweihöckrige Kamel oder Trampeltier (Camelus ferus) aus den Wüstengebieten Afrikas und Asiens ein.
Auch in dieser Gruppe gibt es nur zwei Arten: das Guanako (Lama guanacoë), Wildform der Haustiere Lama und Alpaka, und das kleinere und zierlichere Vikunja (Lama vicugna).
In Search of Sustainable Use of the Vicuña (Vicugnavicugna) In Northwestern Argentina
CITES and the Convention on Biological Diversity: In Search of Sustainable Use of the Vicuña (Vicugnavicugna) In Northwestern Argentina.
Case study on "International and regional agreements and cooperation and sustainable mountain development", Mountain Forum E-consultation for the UNEP / Bishkek Global Mountain Summit.
