The guanaco is a camelid native to South America, closely related to the domesticated llama. Guanacos are one of two wild South American camelids; the other species is the vicuña, which lives at highe
Skull of a guanaco
Herd of guanacos
Guanaco sharing a habitat with Magellanic penguins, Punta Tombo
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
1776 drawing of various lamines, including the mysterious chilihueque
Detalle Expedición de Hendrick Brouwer en Valdivia 1643