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Eira (tayra)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Eira was named by Smith (1842). It is extant.

It was assigned to Mustelidae by Palmer (1904); to Mustelinae by Presley (2000); and to Guloninae by Law et al. (2018).

Synonyms
  • Tayra was named by Palmer (1904) [legitimately credited to Palmer 1904 and not Oken 1816; see discussion in Hershkovitz 1949 (p. 295)]. It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Eira by Presley (2000).
  • Galera was named by Browne (1789) [unavailable; see comment on Galera Gray 1843]. It is extant.

    It was replaced with Eira by Presley (2000).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Galera Browne
1842Eira Smith p. 201
1904Tayra Palmer p. 666
1904Eira Palmer p. 830
2000Eira Presley p. 1
2018Eira Law et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
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

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.

G. Eira Smith 1842 [tayra]
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Eira barbara Linnaeus 1758 [tayra]
Invalid names: Galera Browne 1789 [replaced], Tayra Palmer 1904 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available