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Eira barbara

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Eira barbara (Linnaeus 1758)

[Mustela] barbara Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 46.

Type Locality: "Brasilia," restricted by Lönnberg (1913) to " Pernambuco.".

Vernacular Names: Tayra.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Eira barbara subsp. barbara Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Eira barbara subsp. biologiae Thomas 1900

Subspecies Eira barbara subsp. inserta J. A. Allen 1908

Subspecies Eira barbara subsp. madeirensis Lönnberg 1913

Subspecies Eira barbara subsp. peruana Tschudi 1844

Subspecies Eira barbara subsp. poliocephala Traill 1821

Subspecies Eira barbara subsp. senex Thomas 1900

Subspecies Eira barbara subsp. senilis J. A. Allen 1913

Subspecies Eira barbara subsp. sinuensis Humboldt 1812

Distribution: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico (Sinaloa and Tamaulipas), Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Surinam, Trinidad, Venezuela.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix III (Honduras); IUCN – Vulnerable as E. b. senex, otherwise Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed by Thomas (1900 a), Lönnberg (1913), and Presley (2000). Synonyms allocated according to Cabrera (1957), Hall (1981), and Presley (2000).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, pp. 532-628 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 606, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/7726D4F3729D39E5FE0746C93A4B2AB8

Cites
Taxonomic treatment: 10.5281/zenodo.3916481 (DOI)
Taxonomic treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/ACECAC951760C8C655E71C88F039C065 (URL)
Is part of
Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/E69BF2968277AF6992A8FF32E9D4E7ED (URL)
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https://www.gbif.org/species/231547754 (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Carnivora
Family
Mustelidae
Genus
Eira
Species
barbara
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Eira barbara (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classis, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tenth ed. Vol. 1. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 824 pp.
  • Allen, J. A. 1908. Mammals from Nicaragua. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 24: 647 - 670.
  • Allen, J. A. 1913. Revision of the Melanomys group of American Muridae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 32: 535 - 555.
  • Thomas, O. 1900 a. The geographical races of the Tayra (Galictis barbara), with notes on abnormally coloured individuals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 7, 5: 145 - 148.
  • Presley, S. J. 2000. Eira barbara. Mammalian Species, 636: 1 - 6.
  • Cabrera, A. 1957 [1958] - 1961. Catalogo de los mamiferos de America del Sur. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales " Bernardino Rivadavia ". Ciencias Zoologicas, 4 (1): iv + 308 pp. [1958]; 4 (2): v-xxii + 309 - 732 [1961].
  • Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.