#0306 · 🦊 mammals
Guanaco
Lama guanicoe
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what is it?
2 m (3 ft 3 in and 3 ft 11 in) at the shoulder and weighs 90 to 140 kg (200 to 310 lb). Its color varies very little (unlike the domestic llama), ranging from a light brown to dark cinnamon and shading to white underneath. Guanacos have grey faces and small, straight ears.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 6,000 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller in 1776 (250 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Guanaco
- Nederlands
- Guanaco
- scientific name
- Lama guanicoe
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Artiodactyla
- family
- Camelidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 6,000
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1776 by Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Camelidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 42240, Wikidata Q172886, GBIF 5220188, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.