Guanaco
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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;
Physical and Chemical Properties
- Guard hair is coarse.
- Fur fiber is short and fine.
Resources and Citations
- Rosalie Rosso King, Textile Identification, Conservation, and Preservation, Noyes Publications, Park Ridge, NJ, 1985
- Encyclopedia Britannica, http://www.britannica.com Comment: "guanaco." Accessed 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