Alpaca

The alpaca is a domesticated South American camelid raised chiefly for its fine fiber, used for knitted and woven items much as sheep's wool is. Genetic analysis shows it descends from the wild vicuna rather than the guanaco, the llama's ancestor, distinguishing the two Andean domesticates despite their close resemblance; it was domesticated in the Andes of southern Peru, western Bolivia, Ecuador and northern Chile, with mummified alpaca remains from the Moquegua valley dated to roughly 900 to 1,000 years old. Historically it was also raised for meat and art, and today serves as well as a livestock guardian and therapy animal. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/