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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | A wild South American mammal, ''Lama guanicoe'', from the llama family. The guanaco have a long, shaggy overcoat and a soft, silky undercoat. Since these untamed animals are difficult to capture, they are most often killed for their pelts. Baby guanaco, called, guanaquito, have straight fur similar to a [ | + | A wild South American mammal, ''Lama guanicoe'', from the llama family. The guanaco have a long, shaggy overcoat and a soft, silky undercoat. Since these untamed animals are difficult to capture, they are most often killed for their pelts. Baby guanaco, called, guanaquito, have straight fur similar to a [[red fox]]. [[Llama|Llamas]] and [[Vicuña|vicuñas]] are the descendants of the wild guanaco. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 09:28, 16 January 2014
Description
A wild South American mammal, Lama guanicoe, from the llama family. The guanaco have a long, shaggy overcoat and a soft, silky undercoat. Since these untamed animals are difficult to capture, they are most often killed for their pelts. Baby guanaco, called, guanaquito, have straight fur similar to a Red fox. Llamas and vicuñas are the descendants of the wild guanaco.
Synonyms and Related Terms
Lama guanicoe; guanaco (Esp.); guanaco (een soort lama) (Ned); guanaquito;
Other Properties
Guard hair is coarse. Fur fiber is short and fine.
Authority
- Rosalie Rosso King, Textile Identification, Conservation, and Preservation, Noyes Publications, Park Ridge, NJ, 1985
- Encyclopedia Britannica, http://www.britannica.com Comment: "guanaco." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2004. Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service. 16 Dec. 2004 .
- Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia, Douglas M. Considine (ed.), Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1976
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998