It's a camel  from the same family of the llama and alpaca. The guanaco measures 1.9 m. in altitude and can weigh up to 150 kg. Its fur is thick but light and, similar to the vicuña, the fiber from which it is made up is hollow.
Colors vary between light brown and dark red, the latter being the most common. It has a grey complexion and small ears. It's a social animal, with a family group made up of a male and several females, or groups of males with distinct ages. The guanacos have only one predator, the puma, and  they are capable of running at 50 km/h to flee from it. Just like any camelid, its defense mechanism consist of throwing part of its bolus, spitting it on the attacker.

Family: Camelidae

Distribution: It is distributed from Tarapaca to Antofagasta, and some refuges in the central and southern areas, in Aysén and Magallanes.

Habitat: It inhabits the Altiplano.