Lama guanicoe Müller 1776 (guanaco)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae

Alternative combination: Lama (Lama) guanicoe

Belongs to Lama according to H. F. Stanley et al. 1994

See also Deschamps 2005 and Menegaz et al. 1989

Sister taxa: Lama (Lama), Lama castelnaudi, Lama glama, Lama gracilis, Lama intermedia, Lama mesolithica, Lama pacos, Auchenia mesolithica, Auchenia ensenadensis, Auchenia californica, Auchenia injanensis, Auchenia cordubensis

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (32 collections), Brazil (2), Chile (6), Peru (1)

Total: 41 collections each including a single occurrence

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