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Eira barbara (tayra)

Mammalia - 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) and 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
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
Mustelida
familyMustelidaeFischer 1817
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