One exception is baby llama fiber which can be very soft and below 30 microns so it has a similar feel to alpaca. Llama fiber is more coarse, normally 50-65 microns and not as suitable for garments. This fiber is excellent for alpaca garments like shawls, hats and socks. Fiber - Alpaca has fine, soft fiber, normally 18-30 microns. Halter training alpacas on our ranch with our childrenĥ. If a predator is nearby, the llama will distance itself from the herd of alpacas and draw the predator away from the herd of alpacas. Some alpaca ranches will have 1 guard llama that will protect the herd of alpacas. The llama will live peacefully with the alpacas and protect them if threatened by a predator.
This is why you may hear of alpaca ranchers having a 'Guard llama' to protect their alpaca herd. Llamas are independent and more confident when threatened. Personality - Alpacas are shy herd animals and stick together when threatened by a predator. Each alpaca on our ranch has a fun name to match their personality.Ĥ. Her name is Daphne and we think she is pretty cute. Llamas have longer noses and much less fur on their face. Face - Alpacas have cute, blunt nose faces, normally with a lot of fur. Ears - Alpacas have straight, pointed ears while Llamas have long banana shaped ears.ģ. Likewise, we've had some male alpacas that were quite feisty and we always made sure our children were closely supervised when they were around them.Ģ. That said, we have known other ranches that had both alpacas and llamas and the llamas were very sweet and the owners had no issues with having the these larger animals on their ranch. This was something we considered when we started our alpaca ranch since we had younger children and we felt alpacas would be easier to handle. Alpacas are smaller, normally weighing between 120 and 150 pounds. Size - Llamas are much larger than alpacas often weighing up to 400 pounds.
Here are 7 quick ways to tell the difference between an Alpaca vs Llamaġ.
In addition to these camelids, in South America there are also Vicunas and Guanacos but for this article we'll mostly be focusing on Alpacas and Llamas. Both llamas and alpacas are south american camelids and they are related but definitely not the same. We're often asked what the difference is between Alpacas vs Llamas.
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