Huarizo

A huarizo, also known as a llapaca, is a domesticated hybrid cross between a male llama and a female alpaca. The misti is a similar hybrid, a cross between a male alpaca and a female llama. The most common hybrid between South American camelids,^[1] huarizo tend to be much smaller than llamas, with longer fibre.^[2] Huarizo are fertile and capable of back-crossing with the parent species^[3].

Huarizo
Conservation status
Domesticated
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Camelidae
Subfamily:	Camelinae
Tribe:	Lamini
Hybrid:	Lama glama♂ × Vicugna pacos♀

Other camelidae hybridizations

• Camel hybrids
• Cama, a hybrid of camel and llama.
• Llamanaco, a cross between guanaco and llama, has been reported in the wild in the Magallanes Region of Chile.^[4]

See also

• Mule and Hinny – two equine cross-species between a horse and a donkey, which can also not reproduce.