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Info on alpaca equipment and alpaca product. They also provided food, fuel, clothing, and transportation for this culture in an otherwise extremely hostile environment. These animals still thrive in the harsh climates of the Peruvian, Bolivian, and Chilean highlands where scorching temperatures in the day plummet to sub-freezing at night. At low altitudes, their wool is often of poorer quality, but nevertheless, they are well suited for conditions in the US and according to 1997 estimates, are being bred in at least 44 states. They are small compared to some of their sister species, approximately 36" at the withers. Info on alpaca equipment and alpaca product.

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Their life span is 15 to 25 years, and their weight can range between 100 to 175 pounds, approximately one-half to one-third the size of some of their sister species. Info on alpaca equipment and alpaca product. Their gestation period is approximately 11. 5 months and their birth weight is between 15 and 19 pounds. The babies, called cria, can stand and nurse within 30 minutes to one hour after birth, and they have a very low infant mortality rate. The males produce approximately eight pounds and the females about five pounds of easily marketable fleece from their coats per year. Info on alpaca equipment and alpaca product.