Lama guanicoe

(P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

Guanaco

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Tylopoda
Family : Camelidae
Subfamily : Camelinae
Tribe : Lamini
Genus : Lama

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Müller, P.L.S. 1776. Des Ritters Carl von Linne' vollständigen Natursystems Supplements- und Register-Band über alle sechs Theile oder Classen des Thierreichs. Gabriel Nicolaus Raspe, Nuremberg, 384 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51217647

Original name as described

Camelus guanicoe

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

Patagonia, Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru · Bolivia · Chile · Argentina

Taxonomy notes

wild form of L. glama; previously included under L. glama

Taxonomy notes citation

Gentry, A., Clutton-Brock, J., & Groves, C. P. (2004). The naming of wild animal species and their domestic derivatives. Journal of Archaeological Science, 31(5), 645-651. · Gonzalez, B. A., Palma, R. E., Zapata, B., & Marín, J. C. (2006). Taxonomic and biogeographical status of guanaco Lama guanicoe (Artiodactyla, Camelidae). Mammal Review, 36(2), 157-178.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006386

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Auchenia mesolithica

(F. Ameghino, 1889)

Family

Camelidae

Root name

mesolithica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

MACN-A 1218

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

588

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51770107

Authority publication

Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina

Lama ameghiniana

López Aranguren, 1930

Family

Camelidae

Root name

ameghiniana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

MACN-A 1218

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

105

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49061744

Authority publication

Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Palaeolama brevirostris

(Rusconi, 1930)

Family

Camelidae

Root name

brevirostris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MACN-Pv 6740

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

339

Authority publication

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

Auchenia cordubensis

(F. Ameghino, 1889)

Family

Camelidae

Root name

cordubensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MLP 9-479

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

584

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51770103

Authority publication

Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Palaeolama mesolithica

(H. F. P. Gervais & F. Ameghino, 1880)

Family

Camelidae

Root name

mesolithica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MLP 9-70

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

120

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40470521

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Groves & Grubb (2011:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Auchenia ensenadensis

(F. Ameghino, 1889)

Family

Camelidae

Root name

ensenadensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MLP 9-72

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

585

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51770104

Authority publication

Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Palaeolama Weddelli Parodii

(Rusconi, 1933)

Family

Camelidae

Root name

parodii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Rusconi 418

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

108

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48942165

Authority publication

Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina

Camelus guanicoe

(P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

Family

Camelidae

Root name

guanicoe

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

50

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51217647

Authority publication

Nuremberg

Name usages

Groves & Grubb (2011:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Lama huanaco

Lesson, 1842

Family

Camelidae

Root name

huanaco

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

167

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Llama guanacus

(J. E. Gray, 1872)

Family

Camelidae

Root name

guanacus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

101

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707868

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gray (1872:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707868) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)

Lama guanicoe

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Camelidae

Root name

guanicoe

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

118

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  4. Groves & Grubb (2011:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006386) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11186/18540211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lama glama cacsilensis

Grubb, 2005

Family

Camelidae

Root name

cacsilensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Lama glama guanicoe

Grubb, 2005

Family

Camelidae

Root name

guanicoe

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Lama guanicoe cacsilensis

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2011

Family

Camelidae

Root name

cacsilensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

235

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Lama guanicoe guanicoe

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2011

Family

Camelidae

Root name

guanicoe

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

235

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Camelus Huanacus

(G. I. Molina, 1782)

Family

Camelidae

Root name

huanacus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

317

Authority publication

Bologna

Name usages

  1. Kerr (1792:290, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664314) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Camelus Guanacus

(Link, 1795)

Family

Camelidae

Root name

guanacus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

103

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272979

Authority publication

Rostock

Auchenia Huanacus

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Camelidae

Root name

huanacus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

108

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Illiger (1815:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Flower & Lydekker (1891:300, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965515) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34115)
  3. Groves & Grubb (2011:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Camelus guanaco

(Traill, 1823)

Family

Camelidae

Root name

guanaco

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

492

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46990063

Authority publication

Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society

Auchenia Huanaca

(C. H. Smith in J. E. Gray, 1827)

Family

Camelidae

Root name

huanaca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

299

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34790493

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Lama Guanaco

J. A. Wagner, 1837

Family

Camelidae

Root name

guanaco

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1803

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42531853

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Auchenia Llama

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1838)

Family

Camelidae

Root name

llama

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

26

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Lama Molinaei

Boitard, 1841

Family

Camelidae

Root name

molinaei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

426

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16650544

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Auchenia Huanaco

(von Tschudi, 1844)

Family

Camelidae

Root name

huanaco

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

19

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40007765

Authority publication

St. Gallen

Auchenia Guanacos

(H. R. Schinz, 1845)

Family

Camelidae

Root name

guanacos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

366

Authority publication

Solothurn

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Lama guanaco

Gay, 1847

Family

Camelidae

Root name

guanaco

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation · preoccupied

Authority page

153

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26256601

Authority publication

Paris

Lama Huanaca

J. E. Gray, 1850

Family

Camelidae

Root name

huanaca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation · preoccupied

Authority page

52

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47594992

Authority publication

Knowsley

Name usages

Gray (1850:52, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47594992) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)

Lama Pacos (fera)

J. E. Gray, 1852

Family

Camelidae

Root name

fera

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

257

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956670

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Gray (1852:257, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956670) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Lama Guanacus

J. E. Gray, 1852

Family

Camelidae

Root name

guanacus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

257

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956670

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Gray (1852:257, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956670) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Lama diluviana

Bravard, 1857

Family

Camelidae

Root name

diluviana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Auchenia lama fossilis

(F. Ameghino, 1889)

Family

Camelidae

Root name

fossilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

580

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51770099

Authority publication

Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina

Lama huanachus

O. Thomas, 1891

Family

Camelidae

Root name

huanachus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

387

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30978644

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lahille (1899:195, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147061) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Lama huanacos

P. L. Sclater, 1892

Family

Camelidae

Root name

huanacos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

669

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30978968

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Auchenia Lönnbergi

(F. Ameghino, 1899)

Family

Camelidae

Root name

lonnbergi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

6

Authority publication

La Plata

Lama huanacha

D. G. Elliot, 1907

Family

Camelidae

Root name

huanacha

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation · preoccupied

Authority page

36

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36208578

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Lama huanachus cacsilensis

Lönnberg, 1913

Family

Camelidae

Root name

cacsilensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6426300

Authority publication

Arkiv för Zoologi

Lama guanicoe voglii

Krumbiegel, 1944

Family

Camelidae

Root name

voglii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

56

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

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