No, alpacas are not llamas. Alpacas and llamas are in the camelid family, however, each fills an alternate need.Alpacas are a South American relative of the Camel. Closer family members incorporate the trained llama, the wild guanaco, and vicunas. This group of creatures began on the fields of North America around quite a while back. A typical predecessor of the South American camelids relocated to South America around 2.5 a long time back. Llamas and alpacas can in any case interbreed which is known as a huarizo. Alpacas are crossbreeds of the vicuna.