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The tayra (Eira barbara) is an omnivorous animal from the mustelid family, native to the Americas. It is the only species in the genus Eira.
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The tayra, scientifically named *Eira barbara*, is a species within the family Mustelidae. It is also referred to by the common names Amingo, Cabeza de Mate, and Gato Negro. This taxon was described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
The species has a gestation period of 66 days and typically produces a litter size of 2. Its mass is recorded as 100, and the longest observed lifespan is 22.3. The taxon range is listed as Barra do Garças.
According to the IUCN Red List, the tayra holds a conservation status of Least Concern, a designation noted in 2016.
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Species
Least Concern二名法 Eira barbaraLinnaeus, 1758 狐鼬（學名Eira barbara），一種產于中美洲的鼬科動物，是狐鼬屬下唯一一種，有9個亞種。中等體型，體長大約60釐米，有一條45釐米長的尾巴，體毛為深褐色或黑色，胸部有一塊淺色塊，體重為5公斤左右。 狐鼬生活在中美和南美的熱帶森林中，有時在樹洞裏，有時則在地面上挖穴，是爬樹高手，奔跑速度很快，游泳技術也很高超。主要以水果、腐肉及其他小型哺乳動物、鳥類、嚙齒類為食。 母狐鼬每胎生2-4隻幼仔，其毛色為黑色。 參考 维基共享资源中相關的多媒體資源：狐鼬（分類） 维基物种中的分类信息：狐鼬 Eira barbara. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 1996. 取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=狐鼬&oldid=42676115” 分类： IUCN无危物种 鼬亞科 隐藏分类： TaxoboxLatinName 本地相关图片与维基数据不同 CS1含有外文文本
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Mass
- 100
- Image
- Tayra - Male, Brazil.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Eira barbara
- Commons category
- Eira barbara
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- Eira barbara
- taxon common name
- Tayra
- gestation period
- 66
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- litter size
- 2
- longest observed lifespan
- 22.3
- short name
- E. barbara
- taxon range
- Barra do Garças
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Description
- Range and habitat
- Subspecies
- Behaviour and diet
- Reproduction
- Conservation
- Gallery
- References
- Further reading
The tayra (Eira barbara) is an omnivorous animal from the mustelid family, native to the Americas. It is the only species in the genus Eira.
Tayras are also known as the tolomuco or perico ligero in Central America, motete in Honduras, irara in Brazil, san hol or viejo de monte in the Yucatan Peninsula, and high-woods dog (or historically chien bois) in Trinidad. The genus name Eira is derived from the indigenous name of the animal in Bolivia and Peru, while barbara means "strange" or "foreign".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “tayra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.