alpaca

domesticated species of South American camelid
Taxon taxon Q81564
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alpaca

Summary

alpaca is a taxon[1]. alpaca ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,305 views/month, #1,572 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • alpaca's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • alpaca is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • alpaca is classified within Vicugna[5].
  • alpaca's scientific name is Vicugna pacos[6].
  • alpaca is a type of domesticated mammal[7].
  • alpaca's Commons category is recorded as Vicugna pacos[8].
  • alpaca's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Vicugna pacos[9].
  • alpaca's Commons gallery is recorded as Vicugna pacos[10].
  • alpaca's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • alpaca's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[12].
  • alpaca's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedic Lexicon[13].
  • alpaca's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • alpaca's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
  • alpaca's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[16].
  • alpaca's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[17].
  • alpaca's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[18].
  • alpaca's original combination is recorded as Camelus pacos[19].
  • alpaca's this taxon is source of is recorded as alpaca fiber[20].
  • alpaca's this taxon is source of is recorded as Alpaca fur-skins[21].
  • alpaca's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'V. pacos'}[22].
  • alpaca is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Alpaca'}[23].
  • alpaca is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'alpakka'}[24].
  • alpaca is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'alpaca'}[25].
  • alpaca is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'alpaka'}[26].
  • alpaca's different from is recorded as alpaca[27].

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Classification

alpaca's scientific name is Vicugna pacos[6]. alpaca is classified at the rank of species[4]. alpaca is classified within Vicugna[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Alpaca'}[23], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'alpakka'}[24], {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'alpaca'}[25], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'alpaka'}[26].

Identifiers

alpaca's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 119406[28]. alpaca's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 30538[29]. alpaca's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 309015[30]. alpaca's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7515593[31]. alpaca's ITIS TSN is recorded as 898279[32].

Why It Matters

alpaca ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,305 views/month, #1,572 of 195,241).[2] alpaca has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] alpaca is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Sd5605 · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bgm.tv character id 11546
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P6296]]: 11546"
  2. 11d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Vicugna
    Subclass of domesticated mammal
    Instance of taxon
    Different from alpaca
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 22261, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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