Guanaco

Guanaco
グアナコ
Character Data
Romaji		Guanako
Debut		Kemono Friends (2015 Game)
Animal Data
Scientific Name		Lama guanicoe
Distribution		South America
Diet		Herbivore
Avg. Lifespan		20–25 years
Read More		Guanaco
Conservation

Guanaco​

Nexon Game

“Wearing this thick fluffy cloth is maybe my special feature. Although Suri Alpaca is more fluffy than I am. I must say that I'm jealous with the state of Alpaca fluffiness... ... I also want to become fluffier.”
—Guanaco's introduction

Guanaco is a type of mammalian Friend that appeared in the original Kemono Friends mobile game.

Appearance

Old Design

Guanaco old design wears a brown one-piece dress with fluffy neck and hem over a white shirt, a green ribbon on her chest, open finger arm covers, and white tights on her legs. She has short, light grey hair with black fringe.

Redesign

Redesigned Guanaco has a streamlined overall appearance compared her old design. Her hair is shorter and have more black hair. The color of the shirt underneath has changed from white to blue and the design of the dress has become more similar to overalls, with a white line on the front. Her tights also have brown color on the side.

Series Appearances

Appearances In Kemono Friends Media

Media		Role
2015	Nexon Game	↪ Minor character, playable character

In Real Life

The Guanaco is a camelid native to South America. They're around 1.3 meters high at the shoulders and around 2 meters long. They're brown and white underneath with grey faces and small ears. They have two coats, coarse guard hairs and a soft undercoat which is said to be similar to cashmere. They are the wild ancestors of the Llama though those have also been marginally crossbred with alpacas.

Guanacos live in steppes, scrublands and mountainous regions. They can live in altitudes of up to 4,000 meters. They can survive even in the desert in fog oasis called Loma where moist fog gets carried from the pacific towards the Atacama desert, where the moist water sticks to cacti and lichens like a sponge and the animals can eat them to hydrate.

Guanacos live in herds comprised of multiple females, their offspring and a dominant male. Males without a herd form bachelor herds which can consist of up to 50 individual adults, 5 times as many as in reproductive herds. Mating season is from November to Febuary with violent fights over the reproducing females. A single offspring, called "chulengo", is born after a gestation period of almost an entire year. They can walk immediately after birth and males are chased out of the herd at a year old by the dominant male. As their domesticated counterpart, they spit if threatened and alert their herd with a high-pitched bleating sound.