Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) osteometric data from an individual from Northwest Argentina

Abstract

Dataset corresponding to a guanaco skeleton studied by the authors in 1991 from the collections of the Cátedra de Anatomía Comparada, Universidad Nacional de Salta, Argentina. The dataset corresponds to a guanaco skeleton studied by G. L. Mengoni Goñalons and D. C. Elkin during a visit made by Dr. Jane C. Wheeler (CONOPA - Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo de Camélidos Sudamericanos, Pachacamac, Lima, Peru) to Argentina in 1991. The individual measured belonged to the collections of the Cátedra de Anatomía Comparada, Universidad Nacional de Salta, Argentina. The skeleton corresponds to a female of 88 kg. The estimated age is between 36-48 months by dentition and 36-48 months by fusion stages. Criteria used for age estimation are based on Kaufmann (2009). The M1, M2 and M3 in the mandible have already erupted. The first and second crest of the M3 were completely exposed but the third crest was not visible yet. All the epiphyses of the long bones were fused.