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Vicugna vicugna  (Molina, 1782)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 625031

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Camelus vicugna Molina, 1782
  
  Common Name(s): Vicuna [English]
  
    vicuña [Spanish]
  
    Vicugna [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderArtiodactyla Owen, 1848 – artiodactyls, porco do mato, veado, cloven-hoofed ungulates, even-toed ungulates  
                                  FamilyCamelidae Gray, 1821 – camels  
                                     TribeLamini Webb, 1965  
                                        GenusVicugna Lesson, 1842  
                                           SpeciesVicugna vicugna (Molina, 1782) – Vicuna, vicuña, Vicugna  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Subspecies Vicugna vicugna mensalis Thomas, 1917  
                                              Subspecies Vicugna vicugna vicugna (Molina, 1782)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Peter Grubb  
  Notes: 35 Downhills Park Road, London N17 6PE, England   
  Reference for: Vicugna vicugna    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Checklist of CITES Species Part 1 CITES species index, CD-ROM (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: UNEP-WCMC (Comps.) 2011. Checklist of CITES species (CD-ROM). CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland, and UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, United Kingdom. ISBN 2-88323-030-7. Available online at http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/pub/checklist11/index.html or from CITES Secretariat, Chemin des Anémones, 1219 Châtelaine, Genève, Switzerland   
  Reference for: Vicugna vicugna   
       
  Source: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program-05/01, website (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: http://www.fws.gov/endangered/   
  Reference for: Vicugna vicugna   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Burgin, Connor J., Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2020   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 2. Eulipotyphla to Carnivora   
  Page(s): 535   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-16728-350   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Vicugna vicugna, Vicuna [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Franklin, W. L. / Wilson, D. E., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2011   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family Camelidae (camels)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World, vol. 2: Hoofed Mammals   
  Page(s): 206-247   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-96553-77   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Vicugna vicugna, vicuña [Spanish]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service  
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reclassification of Certain Vicunña Populations From Endangered to Threatened With a Special Rule   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Federal Register, vol. 67, no. 104   
  Page(s): 37695-37723   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Vicugna vicugna, Vicuna [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Vicugna vicugna   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Vicugna vicugna   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Vicugna vicugna, Vicugna [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: US ESA: Listed Endangered in Ecuador, as published in Federal Register Volume 67, Number 104, Pages 37695 - 37723, May 30, 2002  
    US ESA: Listed Threatened except where listed as Endangered, as published in Federal Register Volume 67, Number 104, Pages 37695 - 37723, May 30, 2002  
    CITES: Appendix II for the population of Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Plurinational State of Bolivia, adopted at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Doha, 2010)  
    CITES: Appendix I except the populations included in Appendix II, adopted at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Doha, 2010)  
 

 

    

 
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