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guanacoHoofed ruminant (cud-chewing) mammal belonging to the camel family, found in South America on the pampas and mountain plateaux. It grows up to 1.2 m/4 ft at the shoulder, with the head and body measuring about 1.5 m/5 ft in length. It is sandy brown in colour, with a blackish face, and has fine wool. It lives in small herds and is the ancestor of the domestic llama and alpaca. It is also related to the other wild member of the camel family, the vicuna. (Species Lama guanacoe, family Camelidae.) |
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The Colfs originally intended to make the ranch a place where pack animals from around the world could live, but Steve soon learned that camelids - such as alpacas, vicuna, llamas and guanacos - don't get along with bovines such as cows and yaks. The other group migrated into South America, where it survives today as wild guanacos and vicunas and domesticated llamas and alpacas. ONE MINUTE, GREEN INVESTOR JOHN FORGACH WAS WATCHING Argentine businessmen pitch their plan to rear guanacos, Ilama-like Andean animals whose coats, they claim, make cashmere feel like nylon. |
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