Guanaco
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GUANACO, sometimes spelt Huanaca, the larger of the two wild representatives in South America of the camel tribe; the other being the vicugna. The guanaco (Lama huanacus), which stands nearly 4 ft.
Guanaco
Guanacos PhotoMost guanacos live in herds composed of family groups or 'bachelor' males and females, but some males are solitary.Julie Larsen Maher ©WCS ...
Guanaco (Lama guanicoe)
Chile
The Guanaco is distributed in the foothills of the Andes of Peru, Chile and Argentina. They are found in grassland and shrubby areas up to about 4,000 metres. They feed on grasses and shrubs.
Guanaco
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(gwänä´k) or huanaco(hwän´äko), wild, hoofed mammal of the camel family, Lama guanicoe, found on arid plains in the Andes Mts.
Guanaco (Lama guanicoe)
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The guanaco is a wild member of the South American camel quartet and it still survives in reasonable numbers in the mountains of Peru and Ecuador and in the hills and plains of Patagonia.
Llama (L. glama) Â- Guanaco (L. guanicoe)
Vicugna
Vicuña (V. vicugna) Â- Alpaca (V. pacos) ...
Family Camelidae Camelus Camelus bactrianus Bactrian camel Camelus dromedarius Dromedary, Arabian camel Lama Lama glama Llama, guanaco Vicugna Vicugna vicugna Vicuñ ...
guanacos and vicugnas. These predators are domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris), Andean foxes (Lycalopex culpaeus), Andean condors (Vultur gryphus), pumas (Puma concolor), and wild cats (Leopardus colocolo and Leopardus jacobitus).
The guanaco and vicuña are wild and endangered, and of a nearly uniform light-brown color, passing into white below.
Only guanacos and vicunas may be found wild in the New World today. Llamas and alpacas have been domesticated. Camels exist only in the domesticated state in Africa and Asia.
One group is found in South America and consists of the alpaca, llama, vicunas, and guanacos. The other group is found in Africa and Asia and consists of the camels (bactrian and dromedarian).
(Their wild relatives are guanacos and vicuñas). Native peoples have used llamas as pack animals for centuries. Typically, they are saddled with loads of 50 to 75 pounds (23 to 34 kilograms).
Diet in the Wild: small and large mammals (including mice, rabbits, deer, guanaco, feral pigs), insects and amphibians They are opportunists and will eat almost all animals in their habitat.
Alpacas are camelids, a group of animals that includes dromedaries and bactrian camels (which can be found in northern Africa and central Asia) and guanacos and vicuñas (which can be found in South America).
these are to genera, the true camel is and the South American genus Lama, which includes the wild guanaco and vicuna and the domesticated alpaca and Llama .
5. Name two animals that alpacas are related to. camel & llama or vicuña or guanaco
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The term camel is also used more broadly, to describe any of the six camel-like creatures in the family Camelidae: the two true camels, and the four South American camelids: Llama, Alpaca, Guanaco and Vicuna.
Llamas (lama glama) are one of four types of camelids including: alpaca, guanaco and vicuna.
The group is divided into three basic subgroups based on the anatomy of their stomach. These include the ruminants (cattle, goats, deer, sheep and antelope), pseudo ruminants (camels, llama, alpaca, vicuna and guanaco) and the non-ruiminants (pigs, ...
of western in grasslands and scrub at altitudes from 12,800 to 15,000 feet . Alpacas are semi-domesticated mammals that are smaller than llamas. The alpaca may be a cross between the and the vicuña, or the descendant of the wild guanaco.
The term llama is sometimes used more broadly, to indicate any of the four closely related animals that make up the South American branch of the family Camelidae: the true llama, the vicuña, alpaca, and guanaco.
 See also: Camel, Llama, Alpaca, Dromedary, Bactrian camel
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