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The guanaco (/ ɡ w ɑː ˈ n ɑː k oʊ / ghwuah-NAH-koh; [3] Lama guanicoe) is a camelid native to South America, closely related to the llama. Guanacos are one of two wild South American camelids; the other species is the vicuña , which lives at higher elevations.
Lama: Llama (Lama glama) (domestic form of guanaco) 130 to 200 kg (290 to 440 lb) Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) South America about 90 to 120 kg (200 to 260 lb) Alpaca (Lama pacos) (domestic form of vicuña) 48 to 84 kg (106 to 185 lb) Vicuña (Lama vicugna) South American Andes: 35 to 65 kg (77 to 143 lb)
Lama is a genus containing the South American camelids: the wild guanaco and vicuña and the domesticated llama, alpaca, and the extinct chilihueque.Before the Spanish conquest of the Americas, llamas, alpacas, and chilihueques were the only domesticated ungulates of the continent.
The vicuña (Lama vicugna) or vicuna [3] (both / v ɪ ˈ k uː n j ə /, very rarely spelled vicugna, its former genus name) [4] [5] is one of the two wild South American camelids, which live in the high alpine areas of the Andes; the other camelid is the guanaco, which lives at lower elevations.
Zooming out to include the foreground, I took a series of pictures as the guanacos approached. I had owned several llamas (the domesticated descendants of guanacos), so I was familiar with their ...
Llamas give birth standing, and the process is usually relatively quick and problem-free, over in less than 30 minutes. ... The guanaco has a gestation period of 11.5 ...
Llama Conservation status Domesticated Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Camelidae Genus: Lama Species: L. glama Binomial name Lama glama (Linnaeus, 1758) Domestic llama and alpaca range Synonyms Camelus glama Linnaeus, 1758 The llama (Lama glama) is a domesticated South American camelid, widely used as a ...
Guanaco: the most widespread camelid in geographical terms was the guanaco, as it was found from the subequatorial areas to the Tierra del Fuego. About guanacos, the chronicler Pedro Cieza de León says, they were hunted to make charqui, which was stored in warehouses "to feed the army". They were hunted for their meat, which was highly prized.