---
title: "Vicuña"
description: "Lama vicugna — Mammiferi. The vicuña or vicuna is a wild South American camelid which lives in high alpine areas of the Andes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/vicuna
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Vicuña

> Lama vicugna — Mammiferi. The vicuña or vicuna is a wild South American camelid which lives in high alpine areas of the Andes.

- Scientific name: *Lama vicugna*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `mountains` (Montagne)
- iNaturalist observations: 3693
- iNaturalist taxon: [1624576](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1624576)

## Names

- en: Vicuña
- de: Vikunja
- es: Vicuña
- fr: Vigogne

## Countries with the most observations

CL (914), AR (710), BO (665), PE (642), EC (254)

## Summary

The vicuña or vicuna is a wild South American camelid which lives in high alpine areas of the Andes. It is a relative of the llama, the domesticated descendant of the guanaco, the only other still wild South American camelid.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicu%C3%B1a

## Photo

![Vicuña](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/vicuna/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/61325869

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/vicuna?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).