guanaco: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Lama guanicoe

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Two guanacos stand on grassy plains near a blue river, with snow-capped mountains of the Andes in the background in Patagonia, southern Argentina.

World map showing the geographic ranges of camelid species, with color-coded outlines for each: alpaca, llama, guanaco, and vicuna ranges are marked in South America; Arabian camel or dromedary in parts of Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia; domesticated Bactrian camel across Central Asia; and wild Bactrian camel in a small area of East Central Asia. Australia is shaded for introduced dromedaries.

Two guanacos with tan and white fur stand on a grassy hill with mountains in the background in Patagonia, Chile.

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