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Ancient people also painted human silhouettes and faces, as well as animal silhouettes, featuring large flightless birds called rheas and guanacos, close relatives of llamas.
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Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
On the trek, guests will also stop in at a small alpaca farm and weaving center to learn the differences between llamas, alpacas, guanacos, and vicuñas, and get to watch women use traditional methods to dye dyeing wool and weave the wool.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 31 Aug. 2023
Gutiérrez Alvarado and the other rangers recently counted 83 guanacos living in the park.
—Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 12 July 2023
The guanaco, for example, relies on sips of water that is trapped by mosses clinging to cacti, which grow in soil fertilized by grit crust.
—Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 12 July 2023
Once hunted for their wool, guanacos are now protected by law.
—Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 7 June 2023
What to Do Travelers flock to Patagonia to experience the otherworldly beauty of Torres del Paine National Park and spot Patagonia’s wildlife, including the Big Five: pumas, llama-like guanacos, South Andean deer known as huemul, Andean condors, and the ostrich-like rhea (or ñandú).
—Nora Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2023
Populating the ridge and surrounding slopes are herds of gazellelike creatures called guanacos; viscachas, marmotlike rodents with rabbity ears; burros; and hawks.
—Dennis Overbye Marcos Zegers, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
During a stroll around the lodge, visitors can expect to spot iconic species like the puma, the llama-like guanaco, and even the Andean condor, the largest extant bird of prey—but there’s a lot more to encounter across the property than just wildlife.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
On the trek, guests will also stop in at a small alpaca farm and weaving center to learn the differences between llamas, alpacas, guanacos, and vicuñas, and get to watch women use traditional methods to dye dyeing wool and weave the wool.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 31 Aug. 2023
Gutiérrez Alvarado and the other rangers recently counted 83 guanacos living in the park.
—Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 12 July 2023
The guanaco, for example, relies on sips of water that is trapped by mosses clinging to cacti, which grow in soil fertilized by grit crust.
—Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 12 July 2023
Once hunted for their wool, guanacos are now protected by law.
—Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 7 June 2023
What to Do Travelers flock to Patagonia to experience the otherworldly beauty of Torres del Paine National Park and spot Patagonia’s wildlife, including the Big Five: pumas, llama-like guanacos, South Andean deer known as huemul, Andean condors, and the ostrich-like rhea (or ñandú).
—Nora Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2023
Populating the ridge and surrounding slopes are herds of gazellelike creatures called guanacos; viscachas, marmotlike rodents with rabbity ears; burros; and hawks.
—Dennis Overbye Marcos Zegers, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
During a stroll around the lodge, visitors can expect to spot iconic species like the puma, the llama-like guanaco, and even the Andean condor, the largest extant bird of prey—but there’s a lot more to encounter across the property than just wildlife.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
Spanish, from Quechua wanaku
First Known Use
1604, in the meaning defined above
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“Guanaco.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guanaco. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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guanaco
noun
gua·na·co
gwə-ˈnäk-ō 
plural guanacos
: a South American mammal that has a soft thick light grayish brown coat and is related to the camels but lacks a hump
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