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SPECIES Eira barbara

Author:Linnaeus, 1758.
Citation:Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 46.
Common Name:Tayra
Type Locality:"Brasilia," restricted by Lönnberg (1913) to "Pernambuco."
Distribution:Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico (Sinaloa and Tamaulipas), Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Surinam, Trinidad, Venezuela.
Status:CITES – Appendix III (Honduras); IUCN – Vulnerable as E. b. senex, otherwise Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Reviewed by Thomas (1900a), Lönnberg (1913), and Presley (2000). Synonyms allocated according to Cabrera (1957), Hall (1981), and Presley (2000).
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SUBSPECIES barbara

SUBSPECIES biologiae

SUBSPECIES inserta

SUBSPECIES madeirensis

SUBSPECIES peruana

SUBSPECIES poliocephala

SUBSPECIES senex

SUBSPECIES senilis

SUBSPECIES sinuensis

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