Guanaco

Guanaco Lama guanicoe

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.

Sources Checked for Data in Record

• 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