The word Guanaco comes from "huanaco" a word in Quechua - a South American Indian langauge.

   Guanacos(llama guanicoe) are elegant and fine boned and stand approximately 3ft6" (1.06m) at the shoulder and weigh around 200lb (91kg). Like the llama, the guanaco is double coated with a coarse guard hair and soft undercoat, which is even more highly prized that that of the alpaca, although they carry far less of it. The colour varies very little, ranging from a light brown to dark cinnamon and shading to white underneath. Guanacos have grey faces and small straight ears.They can be found in southern Peru to eastern Argentina and Tierra del Fuego.

     The Llama is a domesticated Guanaco. The Alpaca is another domesticated Guanaco bred specifically for its wool, and it is thus much hairier than its Llama kin.

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