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Bookmark or Share- Guanaco - Description, Habitat, Image, Diet, and Interesting FactsGuanacos are South American members of the Camelidae, or camel, family. They live throughout the mountain and steppe regions of southern South America. Other members of the camel family include camels, llamas, vicunas, and alpacas. Humans bred wild guanacos to create the domestic llama. Read on to learn about the guanaco.
- Guanaco | The Animal Facts | Appearance, Diet, Behavior, HabitatThe guanaco is a relative of the camel and is the wild version of the domesticated llama. They have slender bodies with a long neck and legs. While related to camels their back is straight without a hump. They have large brown eyes and long lashes. Their ears are long and pointed.
- Guanaco - WikipediaThe 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.
- Guanacos guide: what they are, how they’re related to llamas, and how ...The guanaco is the wild relative of the llama, and is one of the largest terrestrial mammals found in South America, standing between 1-1.3m in height at its shoulder. Both the guanaco and the vicuña – another relative to the llama, and thought to be the wild ancestor of the alpaca – are camelids.
- Guanaco | Habitat, Diet, & Facts | BritannicaGuanaco, wild South American member of the camel family, Camelidae (order Artiodactyla). The guanaco is closely related to the vicuna (Vicugna vicugna), the alpaca (V. pacos), and the llama (Lama glama), and it is the llama’s wild ancestor.
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