GUANACO; 
Peru, before the g.rrival of the Spaniards, had 
10 domestic animals but the Pacos and the" 
Huanacus." These names," says BiifFon, 
' were appropriated to the animals in their 
lomestlc condition. The Wild Llama was 
•ailed Huanacus, or Guanaco; and the Wild 
^.acos, yicuna, or ¥ gogne." 
We are far from certain, th^rt Buffbn is ex- 
;;tly correct in these distinctions. On the 
ntrary, we are quite posiuve, that in what 
afterwards asserts, relative to .the -Allo-Ca- 
laelus, and the .Elapho-Camelus, he has egre- 
;usly erred. The animal," savs he^ 
which is mentioned by Gesner, under the 
ame of Ailo-Camelus, and of which he gives 
fig^ire, is a Llama that was broxsght alive 
m Peru to Holiand, in the year i558: it is 
e same,'-' adds he, " with that mentioned 
^ Matthiolus, . under tiie denomniation of 
lapho-Camtius, and which he has pretty ac- ' 
irately described/'' Whereas, in truth, the 
am a, and our Guanaco, wdiich last is Ges- 
;r's Ailo-Camelus, faithfully copied, are ma- 
festly different .animals: as 'is. abundantly 
ident from the slightest companson of their 
respective 
