South American alpacas settled on the Tibetan Plateau

The reporter learned from the Qinghai Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Wildlife Park that recently, the park successfully introduced 4 alpacas, which is also the first time that alpacas as an "indigenous species" in South America have settled on the "high-cold" Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Alpacas are native to South America, the order Clolates, camels, shaped like sheep, there are about 3 million existing animals in the world, more than 90% live in Chile, Peru, Bolivia and other places, feeding on alpine spiny plants, with an average lifespan of about 20-25 years. In recent years, alpacas have been popular with cartoon merchants and many netizens because of their cute appearance.

According to Qi Xinzhang, deputy director of qinghai Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Wildlife Park, the alpacas introduced this time are three females and one male, the color is three white and one brown, and the age is 3 years old. In addition, the park has recently introduced two more red monkeys, following the successful introduction of three red monkeys from Africa in early 2014.

It is reported that the alpaca and the newly introduced red monkey will meet with the majority of tourists during New Year's Day in 2015. (Reporting by Pang Shuwei)

(Pictured here is a thoroughbred alpaca from Australia at the first alpaca carnival exhibition in Qingdao, Shandong Province, on August 8.) Xinhua News Agency)