What is the difference between alpaca fur and llama fur?

Answer 1

- Llama are about twice the size of alpacas

- Llamas have very coarse outer coat hair that covers a soft inner coat

- Alpacas have a very fine, soft single coat

- alpacas like to stay in herd

- alpacas have straight ears

- llamas have curved ears

- llamas back is straighter and good for packing

Answer 2

Alpacas and Llamas are different, but they are both domesticated species of South American camelid.

Alpacas and llamas are generally similar in appearance, but alpacas are one half to one third the size of a llama. Llamas have a more convex profile, a more level topline, and longer ears that tend to be 'banana' shaped. Alpacas usually have more fiber/wool on their legs.

Both species have been domesticated for thousands of years. The Moche people of Northern Peru often used Alpaca images in their art. There are no wild alpacas or llamas.

The llama was widely used as a pack animal by the Incas and other natives of the Andes mountains. In South America llamas are still used as beasts of burden.

Both are used for show, breeding, fiber, pet, and meat. Llamas are usually used for pack animals too.

Answer 3

Size and fiber quality. Llamas were primarily bred to be a beast of burden, and alpacas were bred primarily as fiber producers. An average alpaca standing 34"-36" at the withers, where llamas stand 42"-48" at the withers. An adult alpaca will generally produce 5-8#s of high quality exotic uniformly crimped fiber in a single fiber fleece, each year

Answer 4

Llamas are much larger than alpacas. An alpaca is about the size of a yearling llama. Also llamas have banana-shaped ears, while alpacas have leaf-shaped ears. Llamas heads are longer and their tails are set higher than alpacas'.

Answer 5

Llamas are much bigger than alpacas, like maybe twice as big, and they have banana ears. They are also generally better mothers than alpacas, and they look out for the well being of their fellow animals. But llamas generally have lower quality fleece than alpacas. Llamas also had many uses besides guarding, they are also traditionally beasts of burden to the natives.

Alpacas are little, punier, and more selfish. They really don't care so much about taking care of their babies or anything. But their fleece is normally better. Alpacas' fleece is WAY softer than wool. For the ancient incas the alpacas had the "Fiber of the gods"

Answer 6

They are of different species. Plus they look different from each other.

Answer 7

A llama does not have a hump and a camel does. A camel is a larger animal.

Answer 8

Alpacas make more money as they are used in things like cardigans. Alpacas look like small llamas.