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title: "#Highlands Animals & Superpower Traits (3 Species) | AnimalTracks.wiki"
description: "Living on high altitude plateaus with elevated blood oxygen capacity to handle low atmospheric pressure. Explore all 3 species with this trait in the AnimalTracks wildlife encyclopedia."
image: "https://animaltracks.wiki/icon-512.png"
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# #Highlands Animals & Evolutionary Adaptations

> Living on high altitude plateaus with elevated blood oxygen capacity to handle low atmospheric pressure.

- **Trait Category**: Extreme Biomes
- **Species Count**: 3 Curated Creatures
- **Browse Web**: [View interactive trait gallery](https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/highlands/)

## Species With #Highlands

- [Alpaca](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/alpaca/) (*Vicugna pacos*)
  - **Superpower**: Antibodies with no light chain, whose heat-stable variable regions scientists use in diagnostics, bio-imaging, and treatments.
  - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated
  - **Soundtrack**: Kings of Convenience (Pastoral Folk & Progressive Bluegrass)
- [Domestic Yak](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/yak/) (*Bos grunniens*)
  - **Superpower**: A heart that weighs 1.18% of body weight, against 0.39% in cattle
  - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated
  - **Soundtrack**: Berlin (80s Retrowave & Synthwave)
- [Llama](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/llama/) (*Lama glama*)
  - **Superpower**: Makes heavy chain-only antibodies, and one raised by immunization neutralized 96 of 100 HIV-1 strains tested
  - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated
  - **Soundtrack**: Philip Glass (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber)

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