suri

mammal

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fibre production

  • alpaca
    In alpaca

    …alpaca, the huacaya and the suri, were developed in pre-Columbian times. The fleece of the suri is fine and silky and grows long enough to touch the ground if the animal is not sheared. The fleece of the huacaya is shorter and coarser by comparison. (See specialty hair fibre.) The…

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