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title: "Guanaco"
description: "Lama guanicoe — Zoogdieren. The guanaco is a camelid native to South America, closely related to the domesticated llama."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/guanaco
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Guanaco

> Lama guanicoe — Zoogdieren. The guanaco is a camelid native to South America, closely related to the domesticated llama.

- Scientific name: *Lama guanicoe*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden), `mountains` (Bergen)
- iNaturalist observations: 5878
- Wikidata: [Q172886](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172886)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42240](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42240)

## Names

- en: Guanaco
- de: Guanako
- es: Guanaco
- fr: Guanaco
- nl: Guanaco
- pt: Guanaco
- pl: Gwanako

## Countries with the most observations

AR (2884), CL (2431), PE (66), BO (8)

## Summary

The guanaco is a camelid native to South America, closely related to the domesticated llama. Guanacos are one of two wild South American camelids; the other species is the vicuña, which lives at higher elevations.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanaco

## Photo

![Guanaco](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/guanaco/medium.jpg)

Photo: Diego Carús · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20450681

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/guanaco?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).