Eira barbara

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Tayra

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Location:Brazil, Rio de Janeiro ZooDate taken:Jan 1, 1978

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 441

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Arctoidea
Parvorder : Mustelida
Family : Mustelidae
Subfamily : Guloninae
Genus : Eira

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033857

Original name as described

Mustela barbara

Type locality

"Pernambuco", Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Belize · Honduras · Guatemala · El Salvador · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Trinidad and Tobago · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil · Bolivia · Paraguay · Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005815

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 56 names and synonyms.

Mustela barbara

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

barbara

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

46

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033857

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1758:46, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033857) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
  2. Linnaeus (1766:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  3. Erxleben (1777:452, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  4. Borowski (1780:55, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347013) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67757)
  5. Zimmermann (1783:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  6. Boddaert (1785:86, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230050) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  7. Gmelin (1788:94, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751314) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  8. Kerr (1792:175, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  9. Link (1795:82, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272958) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
  10. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  11. Treviranus (1803:180, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  12. Goldfuss (1809:245, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498079) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  13. Fischer (1814:xi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130072) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  14. Cuvier (1816:146, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1844656) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39676)
  15. Griffith (1822:258, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53016553) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68342)
  16. Crisp (1862:134, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67742)

Viverra Vulpecula

(von Schreber, 1776)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

vulpecula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 120

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31064700

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:490, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873287) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Borowski (1780:48, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347006) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67757)
  3. Zimmermann (1783:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  4. Boddaert (1785:84, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230048) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  5. Gmelin (1788:87, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  6. Kerr (1792:162, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  7. Link (1795:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272961) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
  8. Wolf (1796:237) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72410)
  9. Turton (1802:52, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772908) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  10. Treviranus (1803:179, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  11. Goldfuss (1809:236, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498070) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  12. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  13. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ichneumon barbarus

(Daudin, 1802)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

barbara

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

155

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033405

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Daudin (1802:155, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033405) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)

Mustela vulpecula

(Daudin, 1802)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

vulpecula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

163

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033413

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Daudin (1802:163, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)

Mustela Barbata

(W. Turton, 1802)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

barbata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

58

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772914

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Turton (1802:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)

Viverra barbara

(Thunberg, 1811)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

barbara

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

306

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11767800

Authority publication

Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg

Name usages

Thunberg (1811:306, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11767800) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64194)

Mustela sinuensis

(von Humboldt, 1812)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

sinuensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

348

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62186539

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Humboldt (1812:348, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62186539) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69542)
  2. Desmarest (1821:184, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523948) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  3. Schinz (1821:208, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528967) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  4. Griffith (1822:146, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53016395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68342)
  5. Schinz (1825:317, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523734) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
  6. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1826:216, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25385628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41027)
  7. Lesson (1827:149, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207617) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  8. Fischer (1829:218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  9. Murray (1866:328, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Mephitis Vulpecula

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

vulpecula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

xii

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130073

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1814:xii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130073) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  2. Muirhead (1819:417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  3. Fischer (1829:162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Gulo canescens

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

canescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

109

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080965

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Illiger (1815:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Gulo barbarus

(F. S. Voigt, 1819)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

barbara

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

411

Authority publication

Jena

Name usages

  1. Voigt (1819:411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)
  2. Schinz (1821:203, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528962) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  3. Rengger (1830:119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68767)

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