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Guanacos

Guanacos look like camels, give or take a few humps, but they are smaller in size. They belong in the camel family like vicunas, llamas and alpacas. Their natural habitat is in the Andes mountains, South America. They are herbivores and eat dry grasses and plants. They are between 1.7m to 1.2m high at the shoulders and they can weigh up to 136kg. They are slender creatures with white undersides, pale brown backs, very long necks, large pointed ears, large heads and short tails. When a baby guanaco is born, called a chulengo, it is able to walk immediately as it needs to keep up with the herd. They live in groups of a dominant male adult, 10 females and their young. The land guanacos live on can be as high as 3965m above sea level as well as lower plains of Argentina, Chile and Peru.

Facts = - its scientific name is lama guanieco - you pronounce it gwa-nah-coe - it can run almost 56km per hour