Vicuna

ve-koon'ya, a South American animal. It is related closely to the llama and the alpaca, but it is smaller and more graceful. It stands about thirty inches high at the shoulder. It runs wild in the mountains of Bolivia and Chili. Its flesh compares favorably with venison. Its fleece is valuable in the making of the finer sorts of cloth, known as alpaca. Unlike the camel, the vicuna pines away when subjected to confinement. It is useless for carrying burdens. See Llama; Alpaca