Site Logo

Lama pacos (Linnaeus, 1758)

Alpaca

Authority citation: Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033877

Original name as described: Camelus Pacos

Nominal names: pacos (Linnaeus, 1758) | paco (Boddaert, 1785) | alpaca (Desmoulins, 1823) | paca (Schmarda, 1853) [incorrect subsequent spelling]


Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Artiodactyla -- Family: Camelidae -- Subfamily: Camelinae -- Tribe: Lamini

Type locality: Peru.

Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Domesticated

Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in domestic habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Not evaluated


Species-specific notes: domestic form of L. vicugna, although there has been introgression between L. glama and L. pacos in the past, leading to confusion as to whether they came from L. guanicoe or L. vicugna; moved from Vicugna to Lama based on low genetic distance between the two genera; domestic form of L. vicugna and previously included under Lama glama, but now considered a separate species
Citation: Gentry, A., Clutton-Brock, J., & Groves, C. P. (2004). The naming of wild animal species and their domestic derivatives. Journal of Archaeological Science, 31(5), 645-651.


Species Permalink: http://www.classic.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006387

Please send any edits, corrections, or unfilled data (including full citations) to mammaldiversity [at] gmail [dot] com.