
Wildlife in Serengeti-Park
Alpaca | Lama guanicoe f. pacos
There are two types of alpaca: the Huacaya and the Suri. The Huacaya alpaca has fine ruffled hair, while the Suri alpaca has curly straight strands. The alpaca belongs to the family of camels. It has no hump, like all New World camels. Alpacas are slightly smaller than llamas and only weigh up to 80 kilograms. The alpaca lives in the South American Andes. There it is kept as a livestock because of its wool.

Wildlife in Serengeti-Park
Bactrian camel | Camelus ferus bactrianus
Camels were widespread in desert areas of Central Asia, like Mongolia and Kazakhstan, as a domesticated livestock. They are now considered critically endangered! They belong to the suborder of the vicunas, guanacos, llamas, dromedaries and alpacas. Camels, which belong to the family of the Camelidae, have two humps; the dromedary, however, has only one hump. These humps, contrary to popular belief, are used to store fat, not water. These animals have callous pads on their soles. This allows them to move softly and silently. Camels are 2.30 meters tall and weigh up to 500 kilograms. After the giraffe and the hippo, they are the largest hoofed animals.

Wildlife in Serengeti-Park
Dromedary | Camelus dromedarius
The dromedary belongs to the camel family and is distributed throughout North Africa, the Horn of Africa and in Southwest Asia as a pet. Even in Australia, dromedaries were introduced as farm animals more than a hundred years ago. There is now a large feral population of about 300,000 animals from the offspring of released or runaway animals.

Wildlife in Serengeti-Park
Guanaco | Lama guanicoe
These wild little camels live at heights of up to 4000 meters and can handle heat and cold weather equally well. The guanaco served the locals to carry loads, but also as a supplier of milk, wool, leather and meat. Guanacos are very frugal animals and flexible in their foraging. They live in family associations with one stallion and several mares.