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Two wild members of the camel family occur on the aridlands of South America: the vicuna (Vicugna vicugna) and the guanaco (Lama guanicoe). The vicuna is found in the central Andean altiplano or puna, an equatorial short-grassland that is above treeline and below the snowline, despite its 3700m to 4800m elevation (Koford, 1957; Franklin, 1973 a, b). In contrast, the guanaco ranges from sea level to 4000m and is more widely distributed (Franklin, 1975).
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Franklin, W.L. (1980). Territorial Marking Behavior by the South American Vicuna. In: Müller-Schwarze, D., Silverstein, R.M. (eds) Chemical Signals. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1027-3_5
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