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Eira barbara (tayra)

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Mustela barbara was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Galictis barbara by Bell (1826); it was recombined as Tayra barbara by Thomas (1911); it was recombined as Eira barbara by Smith (1842), Bertram and Biewener (1990), Presley (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Mustela barbara Linnaeus p. 46
1816Mustela barbara Oken p. 1001
1826Galictis barbara Bell p. 551
1842Eira barbara Smith p. 201
1911Tayra barbara Thomas p. 138
1990Eira barbara Bertram and Biewener p. 159
2000Eira barbara Presley p. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Mustelida
familyMustelidaeBatsch 1788
subfamilyGuloninae()
genusEiraSmith 1842
speciesbarbara()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Eira barbara Linnaeus 1758 [tayra]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialg
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-25 12:03:56
Modified: 2011-04-24 21:03:56
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Gebo and Rose 1993, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Brazil (Acre) Eira barbara (217880)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Entre Ríos) Eira barbara (203955)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Eira barbara (212251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Eira barbara (136420)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela (Guarico) Eira barbara (21686)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Eira barbara (21689)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Eira barbara (21691)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Districto Agropecura) Eira barbara (21687)