GUANACO,. 
erect: and this is adopted by most subsequent 
naturalisrs ; though it by no means corresponds 
witli the figures of Ges u r and Sc u-eber, in 
which the tail is represented as pendulous. 
Schreber's figure, indeed, is evidently copied 
from that of Gesner, which we have also 
adopted. The latter calls it Allo-Camelus,: 
and the former Cainelus Huanacus. = 
Gesner tells us, that this wonderful animal, . 
unknown to Pliny, and other ancient authors, 
v/as brought from South America to Europe in 
the year 1558, under the name of an Indian 
Sheep. It was, he says, six feet in height, and 
£ve in length. The neck was as white as that 
of a Sw^an ; and the vest of the bod)^, a reddish 
or purplish colour. 
BufFon, who treats the Llama and the Gua-- 
naco as the same animal, and uriites it's history 
with that of the Pacos, observes that the Llama 
nnd the Pacos were the only domestic animals > 
of the ancient Amnicjns. la confirmation 
of this, he quotes the Kistoire des Incas, 
which expressly states, that the Indians of > 
Peru,, 
