Guanaco
Conservation status
Least concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Camelidae Genus: Lama Species: L. guanicoe
Binomial name
Lama guanicoe (Müller, 1776)

The guanaco (Lama guanicoe) is an elegant, fine-boned camelid animal that stands approximately 1.06 m (3 ft 6 in) at the shoulder and weighs about 90 kg (200 lb). Like the llama, the guanaco is double coated with a coarse guard hair and soft undercoat, which is even finer and thus more highly prized than that of the alpaca, although they carry far less of it. The guanaco's soft wool is only lesser to that of the vicuña, a close relative. The colour varies very little, ranging from a light brown to dark cinnamon and shading to white underneath. Guanacos have grey faces and small straight ears. They are extremely striking with their large, alert brown eyes, streamlined form, and energetic pace. They are particularly ideal for keeping in large groups in open parklands. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1011x984, 267 KB) Description: Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) at Audubon Zoo, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Source: My own photograph Date: 13 Feb 2005 Author: Geoffrey J. King Permission: GFDL File links The following pages link to this file: Guanaco ... The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive either in the present day or the future. ... Image File history File links Status_iucn2. ... Least Concern (LC) is an IUCN category assigned to species or lower taxa which do not qualify for any other category. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... Animalia redirects here. ... Typical Classes See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ... Subclasses Allotheria* Order Multituberculata (extinct) Order Volaticotheria (extinct) Order Palaeoryctoides (extinct) Order Triconodonta (extinct) Order Docodonta (extinct) Prototheria Order Monotremata Theria Infraclass Trituberculata (extinct) Infraclass Marsupialia Infraclass Eutheria The mammals are the class of vertebrate animals characterized by the production of milk in females for the nourishment of young, from... Families Suidae Hippopotamidae Tayassuidae Camelidae Tragulidae Moschidae Cervidae Giraffidae Antilocapridae Bovidae The even-toed ungulates form the mammal order Artiodactyla. ... Species  Lama glama  Lama pacos  Lama guanicoe  Vicugna vicugna  Camelus dromedarius  Camelus bactrianus The four llamas and two camels are camelids: members of the biological family Camelidae, the only family in the suborder Tylopoda. ... Species  Lama glama  Lama pacos  Lama huonaeus Lama, the modern genus name for a small group of closely allied animals, which, before the Spanish conquest of the Americas, were the only domesticated ungulates of the continent. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Philipp Ludwig Statius Muller (1725 - 1776) was a zoologist. ... Species  Lama glama  Lama guanicoe  Vicugna pacos  Vicugna vicugna  Camelus dromedarius  Camelus bactrianus The four llamas and two camels are camelids: members of the biological family Camelidae, the only family in the suborder Tylopoda. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Guard hairs are the longest, thickest hairs in a mammals coat, forming the topcoat (or outer coat). ... This article is about a breed of domesticated ungulates. ... Binomial name Vicugna vicugna (Molina, 1782) The Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) is one of 2 wild South American camelids, along with the guanaco, which lives in the high alpineous areas of the Andes. ...

Guanacos

Similarly to llamas, alpacas and vicuñas, guanacos have thicker skin in their necks. Used for fighting in competition for mates, they have thickened to be more protective. Bolivians use the necks of these animals to make shoes, flattening and pounding the skin to be used for the soles. After this long process of condensation and compression, the skin becomes very hard. If it is not done properly it can absorb small amounts of water and be slippery to walk on. The young guanacos are named chulengo(s) throughout South America. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... A shoe is an item of footwear worn on the foot or feet of a human, dog, cat, horse, or doll. ...

Population and distribution

The guanaco is native to South America. Guanaco are found in in the altiplano of Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile and Argentina, but also in Patagonia. In Chile and Argentina they are more numerous in Patagonian regions, in places like the Torres del Paine National Park. Actually Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego has an overpopulation of guanacos. But overall they are more numerous in Peru. Bolivian Indians have been known to raise guanacos to help them regain their population stability. A guanaco's average life span is 20-25 years. South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... The Altiplano (Spanish for high plain), where the Andes are at their widest, is the most extensive area of high plateau on earth outside of Tibet. ... Patagonia, as most commonly defined (in orange). ... The Cordillera del Paine is a small but spectacular mountain group in Chilean Patagonia. ... Tierra del Fuego Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego (literally, Great Island of the Land of Fire) is an island near the southern tip of South America from which it is separated by the Strait of Magellan. ...

When the Europeans first arrived in South America, there were an estimated half billion guanacos, but current estimates place their numbers at 500,000.

Guanacos can run with a speed of 56 km (35 mi) per hour. The running is important for their survival, because in the open places where they live there is no place to hide.

Guanaco is also a colloquial term that people from El Salvador and their descendants use to refer to themselves. This is due to the intimate relationship between the ancient peoples of El Salvador and the guanaco.

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Species  Lama glama  Lama guanicoe  Vicugna pacos  Vicugna vicugna  Camelus dromedarius  Camelus bactrianus The four llamas and two camels are camelids: members of the biological family Camelidae, the only family in the suborder Tylopoda. ... Species Camelus bactrianus Camelus dromedarius Camelus gigas Camelus hesternus Camelus sivalensis Camels are even-toed ungulates in the genus Camelus. ... Binomial name Camelus bactrianus Linnaeus, 1758 The Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) is a large even-toed ungulate native to the steppes of eastern Asia. ... Binomial name Camelus dromedarius Linnaeus, 1758 The Dromedary Camel (Camelus dromedarius) (sometimes referred to simply as the dromedary) is a large even-toed ungulate native to northern Africa and western Asia, also the land of east africa, Sudan, Ethiopia and Somaliland. ... Species  Lama glama  Lama pacos  Lama huonaeus Lama, the modern genus name for a small group of closely allied animals, which, before the Spanish conquest of the Americas, were the only domesticated ungulates of the continent. ... This article is about a breed of domesticated ungulates. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Binomial name Vicugna vicugna (Molina, 1782) The Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) is one of 2 wild South American camelids, along with the guanaco, which lives in the high alpineous areas of the Andes. ... // This article is about a biological term. ... A Cama is a hybrid between a camel and a llama. ...

References

• South American Camelid Specialist Group (1996). Lama guanicoe. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.