Lama guanicoe

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Lama guanicoe, commonly known as the guanaco, is a wild South American camelid closely related to the llama and adapted to arid and high-altitude environments.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lama guanicoe canonical 4
Lama guanicoe cacsilensis 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf camelid
mammal
species
adaptedTo arid environments
high-altitude environments
assessedBy IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
surface form: IUCN Red List
averageBodyLength about 1.0–1.2 m without tail
averageShoulderHeight about 1.0–1.2 m
averageWeight about 90–140 kg
binomialAuthority Statius Müller
surface form: Müller, 1776
class Mammalia
closelyRelatedTo Lama glama
Lama pacos
Vicugna vicugna
coatColor cinnamon
light brown
commonName guanaco
conservationStatus Least Concern
diet herbivorous
domesticatedRelative Lama glama
family Camelidae
feedsOn grasses
shrubs
forms family groups
foundIn Argentina
Bolivia
Chile
Paraguay
Patagonia
Peru
genus Lama
gestationPeriod about 11.5 months
habitat arid regions
high-altitude grasslands
shrublands
hasSubspecies Lama guanicoe self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lama guanicoe cacsilensis

Lama guanicoe guanicoe
kingdom Animalia
nativeTo Andes
South America
offspringPerBirth usually one cria
order Artiodactyla
phylum Chordata
reproduction viviparous
snoutColor gray
socialBehavior gregarious
taxonRank species
usedFor fiber
meat
ventralColor white

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tylopoda includesExtantSpecies Lama guanicoe
Guanaco binomialName Lama guanicoe
Lama glama relatedTo Lama guanicoe
Lama glama domesticatedFrom Lama guanicoe
Lama guanicoe hasSubspecies Lama guanicoe self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lama guanicoe cacsilensis