Guanaco

child_taxa

Subspecies:: Subspecies Lama glama subsp. glama Linnaeus 1758 Subspecies Lama glama subsp. cacsilensis Lönnberg 1913 Subspecies Lama glama subsp. guanicoe Müller 1776

Order Artiodactyla

conservation

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II as Lama guanicoe; IUCN – Endangered as L. guanicoe huanacus, Vulnerable as L. g. voglii and L. g. cacsilensis, otherwise Lower Risk (lc).

Order Artiodactyla

discussion

Discussion: Haltenorth (1963) recognised four subspecies (cacsilensis, guanicoe, huanacus, voglii) but Wheeler (1995) regarded them as poorly defined and did not diagnose them; subspecies are those recognised by Cabrera (1961). The Guanaco has previously been included with the Llama, L. glama, of which it is understood to be the wild ancestor (Hemmer, 1990; Kadwell et al., 2001; Lydekker, 1915). Gentry et al. (1996) proposed that majority usage be confirmed by adoption of Lama guanicoe as the name for the wild Guanaco and asked the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature to use its plenary powers to rule that the name for this wild species is not invalid by virtue of being antedated by the name based on the domestic form. A ruling has now been made in their favour (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 2003 a). It might still be valid for those who consider L. glama and L. guanicoe to be conspecific to employ the senior name for the name of the species (see Bock, 1997). Provisionally, guanicoe is listed here as a subspecies of glama. The Alpaca (Lama pacos including lujanensis and paco) has been regarded as a synonym of glama; see Corbet and Hill (1991: 1

Order Artiodactyla

distribution

Distribution: Cordilleras of the Andes, Patagonia, and Tierra del Fuego in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile (including Navarino Isl), NW Paraguay, and S Peru. Domesticated as the Llama in S Peru, W Bolivia, and NW Argentina.

Order Artiodactyla