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GUANACO , sometimes spelt Huanaca, the larger of the two See also:wild representatives in See also:South See also:America of the See also:camel tribe; the other being the vicugna. The guanaco (Lama huanacus), which stands nearly 4 ft. at the See also:shoulder, is an elegant creature, with gracefully curved See also:neck and See also:long slender legs, the See also:hind-pair of the latter bearing two naked patches or callosities. The See also:head and See also:body are covered with long soft See also:hair of a fawn See also:colour above and almost pure See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white beneath. Guanaco are found throughout the See also:southern See also:half of South America, from See also:Peru in the See also:north to Cape See also:Horn in the south, but occur in greatest abundance in See also:Patagonia. They live in herds usually of from six to See also:thirty, although these occasionally contain several hundreds, while solitary
= while s are sometimes
met. They are ex-
Head of Guanaco. ceedingly timid, and
therefore wary and
difficult of approach; like many other ruminants, however, their curiosity sometimes overcomes their timidity, so as to bring them within range of the See also:hunter's See also:rifle. Their cry is See also:peculiar, being something between the belling of a See also:deer and the neigh of a See also:horse. The See also:chief enemies of the guanaco are the Patagonian See also:Indians and the See also:puma, as it forms the See also:principal See also:food of both. Its flesh is palatable although wanting in See also:fat, while its skin forms the chief clothing material of the Patagonians. Guanaco are readily domesticated, and in this See also:state become very bold and will attack See also:man, striking him from behind with both knees. In the wild state they never defend themselves, and if approached from different points, according to the See also:Indian See also:fashion of See also:hunting, get completely bewildered and fall an easy See also:prey. They take readily to the
See also:water, and have been observed See also:swimming from one See also:island to another, while they have been seen drinking See also:salt-water. They have a See also:habit of depositing their droppings during successive days on the same spot—a habit appreciated by the Peruvian Indians, who use those deposits for See also:fuel. Guanaco also have favourite localities in which to See also:die, as appears from the See also:great heaps of their bones found in particular spots.
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