The decline and subsequent recovery of the vicuña (Vicugna vicugna, Quechua: wik'uña), one of the few large, native herbivores in the Andes (Figure 1), is one of the world's greatest conservation success stories. Over-exploited nearly to extinction by the 1960's, the current population of these wild camelids is estimated at close to 500,000 animals, with nearly half of the global population in Peru (Acebes et al. 2018). Vicuñas are prized, noted for the high economic value of live-shorn wool from wild populations and their cultural significance among high-Andean indigenous pastoralist communities.

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位于冰冻圈边缘的骆马粪园

骆马（Vicugna vicugna，克丘亚语：wik'uña）是安第斯山脉为数不多的大型本地食草动物之一（图 1），它的衰退和随后的恢复是世界上最伟大的保护成功案例之一。到 1960 年代，这些野生骆驼科动物的过度开发几乎濒临灭绝，估计目前的数量接近 500,000 只，其中秘鲁占全球人口的近一半（Acebes 等人，2018 年）。Vicuñas 是珍贵的，因其来自野生种群的活剪羊毛的高经济价值及其在高安第斯土著牧民社区中的文化意义而闻名。