Alpaca vs Mountain yam

Vicugna pacos compared with Dioscorea hamiltonii

Key Differences

• Alpaca is Not Evaluated while Mountain yam is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alpaca	Mountain yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Camelidae (Camels)	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Vicugna	Dioscorea
Species	Vicugna pacos	Dioscorea hamiltonii

Conservation Status

Alpaca

NE — Not Evaluated

Mountain yam

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alpaca	Mountain yam
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alpaca

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Ecuador, Nepal, and Norway.

Mountain yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Alpaca

The Alpaca (Vicugna pacos) is a species in the genus Vicugna. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.