Chilihueque
Extinct hypothetical species of mammals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The chilihueque/chiliweke or hueque/weke (Lama araucana) is an extinct hypothetical species of South American camelid. It lived in central and southern Chile until the colonial period.
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Chilihueque | |
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Chilihueque depicted in a 1646 book about the Dutch expedition to Valdivia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Camelidae |
Genus: | Lama |
Species: | †L. araucana |
Binomial name | |
†Lama araucana | |
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