Chilihueque
| Chilihueque | |
|---|---|
| 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 (Molina, 1782) | |
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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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