Guanaco
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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
Guanaco Leona Amarga
Skull of a guanaco
Herd of guanacos
Guanaco sharing a habitat with Magellanic penguins, Punta Tombo
Alpaca
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The alpaca is a domesticated species of South American camelid. Traditionally, alpacas were kept in herds that grazed on the level heights of the Andes of Southern Peru, Western Bolivia, Ecuador, and
Guanaco
…have thick skin on their necks, a trait also found in their domestic counterparts, the llama, and their relatives, the wild vicuña and domesticated alpaca. This protects their necks from predator attacks. Bolivians use the neck skin of these animals to make shoes, flattening and pounding the skin to be…
Alpaca in Higashiyama Zoo 1
Leefgebied alpaca
Guanacos (wild parent species of llamas) near Torres del Paine, Chile
A domesticated alpaca near the shore of Lake Titicaca on the Bolivian side