RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Zoology Voyage of the Beagle. 1839. p. 27. CUL-DAR83.100. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 2.2022. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR80-86 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man (1871).

Darwin cited this in Descent 2: 239.


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The male Guanacoes which have no offensive weapons, they have canines fight much & I saw two in Patagonia squeaking & trying to bite each other, as they passed close by me absorbed in their battle several were shot with their hides deeply scored.*

Zoology Voyage of the Beagle. 1839. p. 27


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