Lama guanicoe (Müller, 1776) . Linné's Vollstand. Natursyst. Suppl., p. 50.

TYPE LOCALITY: Chile, Andes of Patagonia .

DISTRIBUTION: Cordilleras of the Andes: S Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile; Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego (Chile and Argentina); Navarino Isl (Chile).

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: cacsilensis, huanacus, loennbergi, mesolithica, molinaei, voglii.

COMMENTS: Has previously been included with the Llama, L. glama, of which it may be the wild ancestor, see Lydekker (1915). See also Hemmer (1990).