What animals and plants live in mountains with high altitude.?

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Answer 1

high altitude where trees cannot grow. Wildlife and insects found there are marmots, mountain goats, sheep, elk, birds, beetles, grasshoppers and butterflies.
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The most common camelids in the highlands are the Llamas; they can be seen in very steep mountain ledges up to 5,500m (18,040ft), mountain valleys, and plains. They are all domesticated and are used primarily: to carry packs, for their meat high in protein low in cholesterol, and for their wool. They are normally very quite, but they can spit, kick, or even bite when annoyed.

Smaller than the llamas, the Alpacas have also smaller faces, and have thicker and finer wool. These animals tend to live close to streams and grassy plains. They are also all domesticated and are used primarily for their wool.


The Antelope-like camelid; the Vicuña or Wari (Lama vicugna Fam. Camelidae) is smaller and has much shorter and finer wool than llamas and Alpacas. They are located in the Ulla Ulla reserve, Sajama National Park and further south at the Lipez deserts where they stay wild and are protected from hunting. Bigger than the llamas, Guanacos are also wild

The agile and funny looking rodent; the Vizcachas (Lagidium viscacia Fam. Chinchilidae) looks like a rabbit, leaps like a kangaroo, and has squirrel-like tail. They live in colonies between large rocks near streams that flow down from glaciers. They can be normally seen at sunrise and sunset. They are close relatives of the Chinchillas that have been hunted to the extinction for their extremely fine fur.

The shy Andean Bear (bespectacled bears) is extremely rare and an endangered species. They live near the tree line at the couldforest. Unfortunately they are the target of many hunters who kill them for their meat and fat (that is supposed to cure many diseases), or farmers who hunt them because once in a while they attack cattle or destroy cornfields looking for food.

One of the main icons in Andean Mythology is the Puma. This animal is also very rare and an endangered species too. They are extremely difficult to be seen, since they hunt alone by night and are very quite. Local farmers also hunt this animal because they may attack llamas or sheep, or wild animals like Vizcachas and Deer.

The Andean Fox looks more like a Coyote, its fur is almost yellow and is smaller than European foxes. They usually hunt Guinea Pigs, mice and other small animals.

Armadillos are also endangered because people hunted them to make Charangos (small guitar-like instruments), or to stuff and sell them as souvenirs.

Other mammals like: Skunks’, Guinea Pigs, Mice, Rats, or Bats also live in the highlands. Mice have been seen at mountain high camps up to 5,200m (17,056ft).

Fish

Artificially introduced, Trout and Pejerrey (King Fish) are the most common fish in Titicaca Lake and smaller mountain lakes and rivers. Local fish like: Bogas, Karachi, Mauri, Umanto and Ispi are endangered because of over fishing and how aggressive trout and Pejerrey (King Fish) are.

Other animals

Titicaca lake also houses a wild type of Frog (telmatobius culeus). Provided with highly irrigated skin, these frogs breathe trough the skin the oxygen diluted in the water. Its strictly night and deep water habits make people to think they are blind.

Another strange inhabitant of Lake Titicaca is a type of sea horse.

Other animals as Snakes, Lizards, and lots of Insects (spiders, ants, butterflies, and scorpions) also live in the highlands and Andean valleys.

Although the Altiplano seems very arid and bleak in terms of vegetation, for a curious observer, there is much more population and variety than it appears. Vegetation is mainly composed by bushes, grass, and small trees, besides of the cultivated plants.

The main cultivated plants in the highland plains and hill ledges are: Potato, tuber with almost three hundred varieties, is the most common crop in the highlands, the high-protein Quinua grain (Chenopodium quinoa Fam. Chenopodiaceae, from the same family of the spinach) , different green beans like the Peas and Habas, white local beans like the Tarwi, Oats and other similar cereals. Down in the Andean valleys and riverbeds there are other crops like: Corn, or Wheat.

Among the many trees originally from the Andes is the Keñua (Polilepsis Tarapacana Fam. Rosceae), hard wood with red peeling bark, twisted branches and tiny leaves, is probably the toughest tree in the world, since they can live in extremely dry and cold environments. The highest population of Keñuas can be found in the Sajama National Park up to 5,200m (17,056ft).

Kishuara, a type of wild olive, also originally from the Andes, together with Keñua and bushes like Thola covered the highlands several years ago, making forests and providing shelter to animals and the early Andean inhabitants. Nowadays, agriculture and the use of firewood made most of these forests to be reduced to small-forested patches around villages, by riverbeds, and close to the mountains.

Eucalyptus, and Pine trees where introduced to the highlands from Australia and Unites Estates respectively.

Several cactus species can be found in the highlands, the most interesting ones grow farther south in the islands of the Salt Flats. In the island called Incahuasi (the Inca’s house) there is a giant named Jacha Quiru, literally huge stake (trichocerus psascana Fam.Cactaceae), as tall as 10,18m (33.39ft)

The most common wild vegetation in the highlands is the grass called Ichu, main food of the camelids, cows, and sheep. Wild Totora Reed grows on Titicaca Lake shores, which until some years ago, it was widely used to build reed boats (huge reed boats were used by the Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl to cross the ocean). This Lake has also different kinds of algae on its bottom.

Probably one of the most extraordinary plant in the deserts is the Yareta also used for firewood (Azorella compacta Fam.Apiaceae).

Another jewel of the highlands is the giant pineapple-like Puya Raimundi, which is found only in Bolivia and the southern Peru.

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