Alpaca Wikipedia
Alpaca is a domesticated species of camelids of South America. It resembles a small llama in appearance. Alpaca are kept in herds that graze on the high level of the Andes of southern Peru, northern Bolivia, Ecuador and northern Chile at an altitude of 3,500 m (11,500 ft) to 5,000 m (16,000 ft) above sea level, throughout the year. [ alpaca] are much smaller than llamas, and unlike llamas, alpaca have been bred to be beasts of burden, but have been specially bred for their fiber. Alpaca fiber is used for making knitted and woven, although the wool is. These items include blankets, sweaters, hats, gloves, scarves, a wide variety of textiles and ponchos in South America, and sweaters, stockings, coats, and bedding in other parts of the world. The fiber comes in 52 natural colors as classified in Peru, 12 as classified in Australia and 16 as classified in the United States [2].
In the textile industry, "alpaca" primarily refers to the hair of Peruvian alpaca, but more broadly it refers to a style of fabric originally made from alpaca hair but now often made from o [...]
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