Huarizo

{{Short description|Hybrid of a llama and an alpaca}}

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| parent = Lamini

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| mother_genus = Vicugna

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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; it is a cross between a male alpaca and a female llama. The most common hybrid between South American camelids,{{cite book|author1=A. Rosati|author2=A. Tewolde|author3=C. Mosconi|title=WAAP Book Of The Year 2003: A Review on Developments and Research in Livestock Systems|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KgIvAoqlzUIC&pg=PA188|access-date=6 June 2012|date=30 September 2004|publisher=Wageningen Academic Pub|isbn=978-90-76998-47-3|page=188}} huarizo tend to be much smaller than llamas, with their fibre being longer.{{cite book|author1=Martina Gerken|author2=Carlo Renieri|title=South American Camelids Research: Proceedings of the 4th European Symposium on South American Camelids and DECAMA European Seminar, Göttingen, 7-9 October 2004|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jq6deKJq0CMC|access-date=6 June 2012|year=2006|publisher=Wageningen Academic Pub|isbn=978-90-76998-98-5|page=283}} Huarizo are sterile, but recent genetic research conducted at the University of Minnesota Rochester suggests that it may be possible to preserve fertility with minimal genetic modification.{{citation needed|date=June 2012}}

However, many owners have reported that their Huarizos and Mistis are fertile.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}