Alpaca Terms
- Alpaca
- a member of the camelid family
- Camelid
- the family of animals that includes camels, llamas, alpacas, vicunas and guanacos
- Cria
- a baby alpaca
- Dam
- a female alpaca
- Sire
- a male alpaca
- Fiber
- the “wool” of an alpaca
- Kush
- the term to describe the alpaca sitting position. The alpaca kushes with it’s legs tucked under it’s body
- Huacaya
- the breed of alpaca with crimped (wavy) fiber, resulting in a fleecy, Teddy Bear look
- Suri
- the breed of alpaca with long, straight fiber. Suri fiber often hangs in long curls
- Vicuna
- the wild ancestor of the alpaca. The vicuna offers some of the finest fleece in the world
