Grazing Behaviour of Llamas, Alpacas and Sheep in the Andes of Peru*

Abstract Llamas, alpacas and sheep graze jointly in many herds in the Andes. As foraging behaviour may be an important aspect of resource partitioning among camelids and sheep, activity budgets and feeding patterns during one wet and one dry season were quantified. We found that llamas generally spent more time ( P P llamas>sheep. Llamas and alpacas had greater ( P