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Lama guanicoe (guanaco)

Mammalia - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Lama guanicoe was named by Müller (1776). It is extant.

It was recombined as Lama (Lama) guanicoe by Menegaz et al. (1989).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. oweni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1776Lama guanicoe Müller
1989Lama (Lama) guanicoe Menegaz et al. p. 161
1994Lama guanicoe Stanley et al. p. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
familyCamelidae
subfamilyCamelinaeGray 1821
tribeLaminiWebb 1965
genusLamaCuvier 1800
speciesguanicoeMüller 1776

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Lama guanicoe Müller 1776 [guanaco]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available