246 GUANACO. 



lour, resembling that of dried rose leaves, but in 

 the domesticated kind is often varied with blacky 

 white and rufous : the belly is white. Like the two 

 preceding species, it has sometimes been named 

 the Peruvian Sheep. Those concretions, known 

 by the name of Bezoars, are often found in the 

 stomach of this as well as of other species. 



GUANACO. 



Camelus Huanacus. C. corpore piloso, dorso gibbo, cauda erecfa, 

 Lin, Syst. Nat, Gmel. p, 170. Molin. Chil p. 281. 



Tawny Camel, white beneath, with gibbose back, and upright 

 tail. 



Guanaco, sive Huanacu. Laet, amer. p. 406, Ulloa voy. 1, 



p. 366. t, 24././. 

 Cervo-Camehis. Jonst. Quadr, t, 29. ? 

 Camelus Huanacus. Schreber saeugth. t. 306. ? 

 Guanaco, Vennnnt QiLadr. i.?;. 138. 

 AUo-Cameius. Gem. k, Quadr. j^. 43. 



The Guanaco is a native of Peru, and is found 

 in similar situations with the Glama and the Paco. 

 It is the largest of all the Peruvian animals of 

 this kind, and is said sometimes to grow to the size 

 of a horse. Its back is pretty much arched, and 

 it is covered, not with wool like the other smaller 

 species, but with long, smm^th hair : the head is 

 round ; the nose somewhat pointed ; the ears 

 strait, like those of a horse ; and the tail short, 

 and turning upv>^ards. It appears to be more 

 nearly allied to the Glama than to any other spe- 

 cies, but is said never to associate with that ani- 



