FMNH 27603

Credit: (c) Field Museum of Natural History
  • Guanaco diorama
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: Guanaco diorama [Lama glama guanicoe] in Hall 16 Case 18. 5 specimens in the group, Adults, 1 male, 2 female and 2 young. They are represented at mid-day under the shade of a tree at the edge of a grassy swamp. Beyond them extends a painted scene typical of southwestern Brazil, open marsh and scattered clumps of small trees with a slender palm. In the tree above them, partly concealed by foliage, is a large blue macaw bird. Animals collected by C. C. Sanborn on the Marshall Field South American Expedition of 1927. Taxidermy: Julius Friesser. Background painting artist: Charles A. Corwin.
FM Catalog: Mammals
Catalog Subset: Specimen
Scientific Name: Lama glama guanicoe
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Camelidae
Genus: Lama
Species: glama
Subspecies: guanicoe
Field #: 53807
Collector: C. C. Sanborn
Collection No.: FMNH-Mammals-1562
Geography: South America, Argentina, Santa Cruz, Paso Ibanez
DWc Country: Argentina
Date Collected: 4 Mar 1927
Preparations: skin,skull,mounted
Tissue Available?: No
Co-ordinates Available?: No
Sex: Female
Sex: Female
EMu IRN: 2526829
OccurenceID: e241fa1f-71c4-4c9a-87ec-27b2ea329672
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